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Cone-shaped skull with a broad offset rim. A soldered bronze disc appliqué showing a Gorgon (Gorgoneion) on the front. The crown surmounted with an attachment cap fitted with and S-shaped adornment. Pairs of holes on the sides beneath soldered disc appliqués for fastening the plume.

h. 31 cm

4th-3rd century BC

Bronze

Provenance

Ex Axel Guttmann collection (AG 554/ H 192), acquired in Krefeld in 1994
Hermann Historica, Auction 59 "Antiquities from the Axel Guttman Collection and other Properties", Munich, 17th April 2010, lot 355

Publications

Hermann Historica, "Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and Other Properties", Auction 59, April 2010, lot 355
M. Merrony, Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, September/October 2010, vol. 21, no. 5, p. 52, fig. 6
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 208, fig. 77
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets : A Complete Guide and Catalogue, Hixenbaugh Ancient Art Ltd., New York, 2019, p. 535, no. 266

Exhibitions

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

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Greek Bronze Helmet of Pilos Type

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