ID 1076541
Lot 2 | A GREEK BRONZE CORINTHIAN HELMET
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
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).
| 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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