A GREEK BRONZE ANATOMICAL CUIRASS

Lot 16
30.01.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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$ 30 000
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Lot 16 | A GREEK BRONZE ANATOMICAL CUIRASS
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A GREEK BRONZE ANATOMICAL CUIRASS

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).
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