A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET

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ID 1076550
Lot 8 | A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET
A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET

LATE ARCHAIC TO EARLY CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 500-400 B.C.

10 ¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high





Provenance

Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Munich, 1994 (Inv. no. H322).

Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttman, Auktion 54, Hermann Historica, Munich, 11 April 2008, lot 321.

Acquired by the current owner from the above.



Literature

M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 202, fig. 65.

V. Torres-Hugon, "Hoplite, le premier guerrier de l'histoire," Antiquité (special edition), Autumn 2017, p. 64.

V. Torres-Hugon, Hoplite: Le premier guerrier de l'histoire, Saint-Martin-des-Entrées, 2018, p. 64.

R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, pp. 454, 657, no. X58.



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA168).
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