ID 1303112
Lot 10 | A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 20 000
LATE ARCHAIC TO EARLY CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 500-400 B.C.
10 ½ in. (26.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Munich, 1992 (Inv. no. H325).
The Art of Warfare: The Axel Guttmann Collection, Part 1, Christie's, London, 6 November 2002, lot 58.
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Auktion 58, Hermann Historica, Munich, 7 October 2009, lot 174.
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art.
Literature
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 202, fig. 63.
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, p. 457, no. X82.
Exhibited
Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA503).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Classical antiquity, 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: | Classical antiquity, Archaic Period |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour |
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