ID 1303149
Lot 21 | A GREEK BRONZE UPPER ARM-GUARD
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
MAGNA GRECIA, ARCHAIC TO CLASSICAL PERIOD, 600-400 B.C.
11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Krefeld, 1988 (Inv. no. AG182/R302).
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Auktion 54, Hermann Historica, Munich, 11 April 2008, lot 339.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XX, 2009, no. 75).
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2010.
Literature
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 187, fig. 14.
V. Torres-Hugon, "Hoplite, le premier guerrier de l'histoire," Antiquité (special editon), Autumn 2017, p. 23.
V. Torres-Hugon, Hoplite: Le premier guerrier de l'histoire, Saint-Martin-des-Entrées, 2018, p. 23.
Exhibited
Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA541).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Classical antiquity, Archaic Period |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Italy, 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, Archaic Period |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour |
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