剑和匕首 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	剑和匕首
品名（英）	Sword and Scabbard
入馆年号	1999年，1999.94a-d
策展部门	中世纪艺术（Medieval Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 65 - 公元前 55
创作地区
分类	金属制品青铜（Metalwork-Bronze）
尺寸	整体: 19 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 7/8 英寸 (49.8 x 6.7 x 2.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	这把华丽的拟人化凯尔特剑也是保存最完好的剑之一。剑柄末端造型精美的头部是现存最精美的凯尔特战士形象之一。剑柄的人形呈现为经典战士的几何缩小，一定是为了增强主人的力量，并具有护身符的意义。脸上有一双大大的杏仁眼，头上有一头欧米茄形状的精致头发尽管剑鞘已经与铁刃融合在一起，影响了部分表面，但其装饰和精致的剑柄使整个剑鞘成为了对古代欧洲强大征服者凯尔特人技术能力的一个令人回味的陈述。这把剑是一种与La Tène文化有关的剑，以今天瑞士和法国东部诺伊沙特尔湖上的重要凯尔特遗址命名。来自法国、爱尔兰和不列颠群岛的其他相关的拟人化剑展示了凯尔特人在欧洲的扩张。作为博物馆收藏的第一个这样的例子，这把剑是一个出色而独特的例子，丰富地增加了一组精选的凯尔特艺术品。
介绍（英）	This magnificent anthropomorphic Celtic sword is also one of the best preserved. The beautifully modeled head that terminates the hilt is one of the finest surviving images of a Celtic warrior. The human form of the hilt—appearing as a geometric reduction of a classical warrior—must have been intended to enhance the power of the owner and to bear a talismanic significance. The face is emphatically articulated with large almond eyes, and the head with omega-shaped and finely drawn hair. Although the scabbard has become amalgamated to the iron blade, affecting parts of the surface, its ornamentation and the exquisitely worked hilt make the whole an evocative statement about the technical ability of the Celts, the powerful conquerors of ancient Europe. The sword is of a type associated with the La Tène culture, named after the important Celtic site on Lake Neuchâtel in present-day Switzerland and eastern France. Other related anthropomorphic swords from diverse finds in France, Ireland, and the British Isles demonstrate the expansion of the Celts across Europe. As the first such example in the Museum's collection, the sword is a superb and singular example that richly adds to a select group of Celtic works of art.