A GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET

Lot 32
08.10.2024 16:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1303143
Lot 32 | A GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
A GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET
MAGNA GRAECIA, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300-200 B.C.
13 in. (33 cm.) high




Provenance

Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired by 1996 (Inv. no. AG550/H188).
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Auktion 56, Hermann Historica, Munich, 8 October 2008, lot 51.
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. 209, fig. 82.
"Picasso, Klein, Gladiator," Nice-Matin, 3 March 2013, p. 32.
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World: The Levett Bestiary, Mougins, 2014, p. 95.
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, p. 534, no. H263.
W. Goralski, "Pyrrhus Meets Rome: A New Reconstruction of Heracle," Ancient Warfare, August-September 2019, p. 32.



Exhibited

Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA186).
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