ID 1303123
Lot 8 | A GREEK BRONZE APULO-CORINTHIAN HELMET AND PAIR OF ANKLE-GUARDS
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
MAGNA GRAECIA, LATE ARCHAIC TO CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 500-400 B.C.
Together with eighteen Italic iron implements, circa 5th-4th century B.C.
Helmet: 9 in. (22.8 cm.) high; ankle-guards: 11 in. (27.9 cm.) high; spit (largest): 39 5/8 in. (100.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Kroeber Collection, Berlin, 1964-1994 (probably Sybille Rosenbaum-Kroeber (1915-1997), wife of Wladimir Rosenbaum (1894-1984), Ascona).
with Galleria Serodine, Ascona.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 2001 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XV, 2004, no. 57; Ancient Arms, Armor, and Images of Warfare, 2004, no. 18).
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2008.
Literature
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 225, figs. 120-121 (helmet and three spear points).
“Apulo-Corinthian Helmets” (online article, sas.upenn.edu).
Exhibited
Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. nos. MMoCA87a-i).
Musée National du Sport, Nice, Le Corps Sportif, 14th April 2018-16th September 2018 (greaves).
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