Inv. n°: MMoCA528a

Greek Bronze Helmet of Chalcidian Type

With offset skull, double brow gable fitted with decorative rosettes and a reinforced forehead edge. Above the brow a large cotter-pinned ring and a helical plume socket on either side (one completely preserved), curved cheek-pieces on hinges, reinforced ear cut-outs, tall neck-guard with an ancient repair or lengthening by means of a riveted strap.

h. 31 cm

4th century BC

Bronze

Provenance

  • Ex Axel Guttmann collection, Munich
  • Acquired at Hermann Historica, Auction 59, "Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and other Properties", Munich, 12th April 2010, lot 351

Publications

  • Hermann Historica, "Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and Other Properties", Auction 59, April 2010, lot 351
  • "Armour at Auction" in M. Merrony (ed.), Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, England, September/October 2010, vol. 21, no. 5, p. 52, fig. 8

Exhibitions

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

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