A GREEK BRONZE CORINTHIAN HELMET

Lot 2
30.01.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1076541
Lot 2 | A GREEK BRONZE CORINTHIAN HELMET
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$ 300 000 – 500 000
A GREEK BRONZE CORINTHIAN HELMET

LATE ARCHAIC TO EARLY CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 525-475 B.C.

11 ¼ in. (28.7 cm.) high





Provenance

Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 21 May 1984, lot 339.

with The Merrin Gallery, New York.

Private Collection, New York.

Property of a New York Collection; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 11 June 2003, lot 108.

Private Collection, U.S., acquired from the above.

with Christie's Private Sales, New York and London.

Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2010.



Literature

M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 198, fig. 48.

N. Nussbaum, "Á Mougins, les casques gréco-romains racontent les guerres antiques," Nice-Matin, 24 May 2015, p. 35.

V. Torres-Hugon, "Hoplite, le premier guerrier de l'histoire," Antiquité (special edition), Autumn 2017, p. 20.

V. Torres-Hugon, Hoplite: Le premier guerrier de l'histoire, Saint-Martin-des-Entrées, 2018, p. 20.

R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, pp. 261, 426, 637, no. C669.

V. Torres-Hugon, "Présentation des casques des Hoplites grecs!," (Histoire d'aimer, online video, youtube.com, 2019).



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA495).
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