ID 1076551
Lot 14 | A GREEK TINNED BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
LATE CLASSICAL TO HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 350-200 B.C.
12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany, acquired by the early 1990s.
with Wolfgang Wilhelm, F.A.C. Kunsthandel, Frankfurt.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 2005 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XVIII, 2007, no. 81).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2008.
Literature
D. Sim and J. Kaminski, Roman Imperial Armour: The Production of Early Imperial Military Armour, Oxford, 2011, p. 123, pl. 7.
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 203, fig 67.
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, p. 480, no. X271.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA155).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Archaic Period |
| 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: | Archaic Period |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour |
| Address of auction |
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