ID 1076538
Lot 1 | A GREEK BRONZE ILLYRIAN HELMET
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550-480 B.C.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
Provenance
with Emmanuel Koutoulakis, Geneva.
with Kevork Aharonian, Brussels and Paris, acquired from the above, late 1980s.
with Chris Martin Ancient Art, London, acquired from the above, late 1980s.
Private Collection, Glastonbury, U.K., acquired from the above, 2000.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 15 October 2008, lot 209.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Literature
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, p. 302, no. I172.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA39).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Classical antiquity |
| 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 |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour |
| Address of auction |
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