ID 1076525
Lot 12 | A GREEK BRONZE WARRIOR'S PANOPLY
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
MAGNA GRAECIA, LATE CLASSICAL TO EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 350-250 B.C.
Helmet: 11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high; breast-plate: 15 ½ in. (39.3 cm.) high; back-plate: 16 3⁄8 in. (41.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin (Inv. no. AG460a/H151 (helmet), AG602/R136a,b (breast- and back-plate)).
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttman, Auktion 57, Hermann Historica, Munich, 22 April 2009, lot 313.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Literature
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, pp. 219, 231, figs. 109, 132.
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, p. 491, no. X357.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA265a-c).
| 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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