Bronze Helmet of Apulo-Corinthian Type
High, clearly set-off skull with a strongly contoured brow bow. Small eye cut-outs and a short, cut-out nose-guard. Flanged neck-guard with preserved loop. Remnants of a riveted crest-holder on the crown. Profuse engraved decor. An attacking boar is depicted on each cheek-piece. The nape of the neck displays a sphinx, a boar, a lion and a mythical creature. The perimeter and eye cut-outs are bordered in a fine herringbone pattern. This type of helmet was worn atop the head like a cap. The apertures for the eyes and nasal guard were too small to be functional and are purely decorative features.
Provenance
Publications
- , Auction 57
- The Soane Banquet
- LMSnews, France
- Cote Magazine, France
- Cote Magazine, France
- Cote magazine, France
- Cote d'Azur Loisirs, France
- , "Graeco-Italic Militaria", Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France
- , "Hoplite, le premier guerrier de l'histoire", Antiquité, hors-série, France
- , Hoplite, le premier guerrier de l'histoire, France
Exhibitions
- Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
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