Inv. n°: MMoCA356

Corinthian Helmet of the Early Third Type

The skull is set-off distinctly from the wall of the helmet. The pair of stylised eyebrows above the eye cut-outs converge above the nose. The raised rim which frames the brows continues downwards to form a central ridge on the lance-shaped nose-guard. small, closely spaced drill holes, some still with the remains of decorative rivets, adorn the edge cut-outs. The neck-guard curves outwards and is set off from the cheek-pieces.

h. 21 cm

3rd quarter of the 6th century BC

Bronze

Provenance

  • Acquired at Cahn International AG, Muenchenstein, 11th June 2009

Publications

  • Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, Switzerland, 2008, lot 173
  • M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 198, fig. 47

Exhibitions

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

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