ID 1076555
Lot 11 | A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
MAGNA GRAECIA, LATE CLASSICAL TO EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 350-250 B.C.
12 ¾ in. (32.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Freiburg, 1988 (Inv. no. AG173/H29).
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttman, Auktion 54, Hermann Historica, Munich, 11 April 2008, lot 322.
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. 219, fig. 108.
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, p. 491, no. X353.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA169).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Archaic Period |
| 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: | Archaic Period |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour |
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