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With a clearly offset calotte, large ear cut-outs, contoured brow gable and arched eye cut-outs. Curved cheek-pieces on hinges with large decorative plates. Holes in the forehead area and on the rear side. Remnants of a riveted wing adornment on the right side. Corresponding rivet holes on the left side.

h. 25 cm

5th-4th century BC

Bronze

Provenance

Axel Guttmann collection (AG 406a, AG 602/H151), Berlin
Acquired at Hermann Historica, Auction 57, Munich, April 2009, lot 313

Publications

Hermann Historica, Auction 57, Munich, April 2009, lot 313
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 219, fig. 109
H. Born, in R. Hixenbaugh (ed.), Ancient Greek Helmets : A Complete Guide and Catalogue, 2019, p. 491, X357

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Greek Bronze Helmet of Chalcidian Type

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