Inv. n°: MMoCA567

Celtic Pair of Copper Greaves

Each of hammered sheet, contoured to the length of the back of the Achilles tendon, and bulging around the ankle bones, tapering at the front to smooth round edges, perforated twice on either edge, originally laced. With studded and dotted decoration in relief.

h. 31 cm

Hallstatt Period, 8th-6th century BC

Copper

Provenance

  • Ex Liebert Collection, Germany, 1950s
  • Christie's, "Antiquities", sale 1314
  • Acquired at Gorny & Mosch, Auction 189, 23rd June 2011, lot 558

Publications

  • M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 195, fig. 36

Exhibitions

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

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