Inv. n°: MMoCA639

Roman Bronze Section of a Helmet from a Statue

Probably the rear part of a helmet adorning of a statue, or some other part of its panoply. The nape bears an image in raised relief of the greater mother goddess Cybele (of Asia Minor) astride a lion.

h. 18.5 cm

2nd century BC

Bronze

Provenance

  • Ex collection of Axel Guttmann, Berlin

Publications

  • J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2007, vol. XVIII, no. 56
  • Hermann Historica sale, 19th October 2005, lot 169

Exhibitions

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

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