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A ROMAN IRON AND TINNED BRASS MASK FROM A CAVALRY HELMET

Lot 29
30.01.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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$ 94 500
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1076524
Lot 29 | A ROMAN IRON AND TINNED BRASS MASK FROM A CAVALRY HELMET
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
A ROMAN IRON AND TINNED BRASS MASK FROM A CAVALRY HELMET

JULIO-CLAUDIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 50 A.D.

6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high





Provenance

Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired by 2000 (Inv. no. AG812/H257).

Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Berlin, Auktion 44, Hermann Historica, Munich, 15 May 2003, lot 84.

Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttman, Auktion 60, Hermann Historica, Munich, 13 October 2010, lot 2182.

Acquired by the current owner from the above.



Literature

M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, vol. 8, Berlin and Mainz, 2000, pp. 149, 189-190, pl. XXI.

M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 259, fig. 62.

M. Squire, J. Cahill and R. Allen, eds., The Classical Now, London, 2018, p. 107.

A. Negin, Roman Decorated Armour from the Principals' Periods, Moscow, 2020, p. 109, fig. 151.

"C'est quoi cette oeuvre?," Mougins Infos, no. 79, 2021, p. 29



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA599).
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Iron
Art style:Ancient Art
Place of origin:Italy, Europe, Roman Empire
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour
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