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CHALCIDIAN-STYLE BRONZE HELMET
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CHALCIDIAN-STYLE BRONZE HELMET
See original version (French)
Estimate €35,000 - €45,000
Voluntary lot
Description
CHALCIDIAN-STYLE BRONZE HELMET
Greek art, Magna Graecia, 5th–4th century BC.
A Chalcidian-style helmet cast in a single piece of hammered bronze, forming a dome extended at the rear by a flared neck guard, the front decorated with a superciliary arch in relief and fitted with two movable paragnathides (cheek guards).
Left cheek guard and modern hinges.
Height: 21 cm
Provenance: Hermann Historica, Munich, 7 October 2009: lot 24 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA423)
Bibliography: Hermann Historica, Auction 58, Munich, 7 October 2009, lot 24
M. Burns, “Graeco-Italic Militaria” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 216, fig. 100
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalogue, 1 January 2019, p. 491, fig. X359
A Greek bronze Chalcidian helmet,
Magna Graecia, 5th–4th century BC.
See original version (French)
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