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53 - ILLYRIAN-STYLE BRONZE HELMET
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Estimate €10,000 - €15,000
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ILLYRIAN-STYLE BRONZE HELMET Greek art, Archaic period, circa 6th–5th century BC. An Illyrian-style helmet featuring triangular cheek guards and a neck guard at the rear; the top of the helmet is adorned with two protruding ribs, and the rim is studded with rivets. Restored. Height: 24 cm Provenance: Former private collection, Vienna Collection of a Lady, England, acquired between 1968 and 1978 Bonhams, London, 26 April 2007: lot 301 (ill.) Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA143) Bibliography: Bonhams, Antiquities Sale 15215, London, 26 April 2007, lot 301 M. Burns, ‘Graeco-Italic Militaria’ in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 200, fig. 57 Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art A Greek bronze helmet of the Illyrian type, Archaic Period, circa 6th–5th century BC
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Auction time 11/17/2026 at 2:00 PM
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