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Dagger
Lost Art-ID
616641
Artist
Unknown (Chinese (Chon period))
Title
Dagger
Datierung
1225 - 255 B.C.
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Bronze) ; Patina green / cast
Description
Cast-bronze, with green patina, was broken
Provenance
Baron Bertalan Hatvany, Budapest; Lost during WWII; whereabouts unknown
It is unknown whether the loss during the Nazi persecution was caused by the German army, by the Soviet army, or by others.
Literature / Source
List of Art Treasures Removed by Germans from Hungary and not been returned by March, 1948. Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár [National Archives of Hungary] XXIX-L-2-r 51, No. 30; Bertalan Hatvany levele az elveszett főbb műtárgyainak listájával a Veszélyeztetett Magángyűjtemények Miniszteri Bizottságának [Letter of Bertalan Hatvany with a list of the more important lost works of art to the Ministerial Commission of Endangered Art Collections] July 9, 1947. Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár [National Archives of Hungary] XIX-J-13-332-1947, No. 90; Mravik, László, The "Sacco Di Budapest" and Depredation of Hungary, 1938-1949: Works of Art Missing from Hungary as a Result of the Second World War: Looted, Smuggled, Captured, Lost and Destroyed Art Works, Books and Archival Documents : Preliminary and Provisional Catalog, 1998. Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, p. 218, No. 16591
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