NEW CELTIC SCHNABELKANNE, CONFISCATED IN BAD DÜRKHEIM, NOW KEPT IN MAINZ

• Authors: Schönfelder Martin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Celtic beaked bronze jugs are among the most creative and sophisticated bronze products of the Early La Tène culture. A hitherto unknown example of this rare type of objects was offered in 2015 at a London auction house. The auction was stopped by the police and finally the object was confiscated in Bad Dürkheim in Palatinate. After legal disputes, the confiscation was confirmed by a final judgement and the object was handed over to the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz (now Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie) for safekeeping. The piece belongs to the small group of five Celtic beaked jugs so far. The beak and neck area are cast and also so attached to the body of sheet metal. The total of four masks on the handle represents a uniform pictorial program. The closest parallel of this jug is the one from the secondary grave at the Kleinaspergle tumulus in Württemberg. The jug is an important trace of a “princely grave” of phase Lt A, which was probably destroyed by looters in the area of southern Hesse, Baden-Württemberg or Rhineland-Palatinate some years ago.

Keywords

EN

EARLY CELTIC ART; BRONZE VESSEL; PRINCELY GRAVE; ILLEGAL ART MARKET; GRAVE ROBBERY

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Študijné zvesti
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 71
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 571 - 579

Contributors

author

Schönfelder Martin

• Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA), Ludwig-Lindenschmit-Forum 1, D – 551 16 Mainz, Germany

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2595-7904

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/szausav.2024.71.27