ID 1076544
Lot 16 | A GREEK BRONZE ANATOMICAL CUIRASS
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
MAGNA GRAECIA, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300-200 B.C.
Breast-plate: 20 ¼ in. (51.5 cm.) high; back-plate: 19 1⁄8 in. (48.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin (Inv. no. AG615/R145a,b).
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Auktion 59, Hermann Historica, Munich, 12 April 2010, lot 357.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Literature
M. Merrony, "Armour at Auction," Minerva, September/October 2010, p. 53, fig. 9.
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 230, fig. 129.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA532).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Classical antiquity |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Classical antiquity |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour |
| Address of auction |
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