ID 1076536
Lot 24 | A GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET WITH A RADIATING CREST
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
MAGNA GRAECIA, CLASSICAL TO HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400-200 B.C.
19 ½ in. (49.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Krefeld, late 1980s-early 1990s (Inv. no. H335).
The Axel Guttmann Collection, Part 2, Christie's, London, 28 April 2004, lot 110.
Ausgesuchte Historische Objekte & Antike Helme der Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Auktion 49, Hermann Historica, Munich, 19 October 2005, lot 164.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XVIII, 2007, no. 88).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2008.
Literature
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, pp. 211, 216-217, fig. 87.
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, p. 534, no. H261.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA88).
| 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 |
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