ID 1076546
Lot 5 | A GREEK BRONZE APULO-CORINTHIAN HELMET
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 35 000
MAGNA GRAECIA, LATE ARCHAIC TO CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 525-475 B.C.
9 ½ in. (24.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Krefeld (Inv. no. AG281/H63).
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Auktion 44, Hermann Historica, Munich, 15 May 2003, lot 78.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Ancient Arms, Armour, and Images of Warfare, 2004, no. 16; Art of the Ancient World, vol. XV, 2004, no. 58).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2008.
Literature
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 212, fig. 91.
“Apulo-Corinthian Helmets,” (online article, sas.upenn.edu).
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA157).
| 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 |
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