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A ROMAN IRON AND TINNED BRONZE CAVALRY HELMET

Lot 32
30.01.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1076526
Lot 32 | A ROMAN IRON AND TINNED BRONZE CAVALRY HELMET
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
A ROMAN IRON AND TINNED BRONZE CAVALRY HELMET

ANTONINE PERIOD, CIRCA 125-175 A.D.

11 in. (28 cm.) high





Provenance

Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Munich, 1994 (Inv. no. AG461/H237).

The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, Christie's, London, 28 April 2004, lot 146.

with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Ancient Arms, Armor, and Images of Warfare, 2004, no. 35).

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Newhall III, Baltimore, acquired from the above.

Property of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Newhall III; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 11 December 2009, lot 175.

Acquired by the current owner from the above.



Literature

M. Junkelmann, "Roman Helmets in the Axel Guttmann-Collection, Berlin," Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies, vol. 10, 1999, pp. 82-83, fig. 5.

M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, vol. 8, Berlin and Mainz, 2000, pp. 88-90, 147-148, 159-160, pls. XIX-XX, foldouts I and II.

M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, pp. 235, 255, fig. 54.

T Fischer, Die Armee der Caesaren: Archäologie und Geschichte, Regensburg, 2012, p. 209, fig. 303.

M. Merrony, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, La Collection Famille Levett, Mougins, 2012, p. 74.

"La plus grande collection privée d’armures, de casques, de boucliers au monde," Egypte Ancienne, no. 8, May-July 2013, p. 70.

A.E. Negin, “Roman Helmets with a Browband Shaped as a Vertical Fronton,” Historia I Swiat, no. 4, 2015, p. 37, fig. 12.

R. D’Amato and A.E. Negin, Decorated Roman Armour, From the Age of the Kings to the Death of Justinian the Great, Yorkshire, 2017, pp. 83, 85, fig. 79.

F. McIntosh, et al., Hadrian's Cavalry, Tyne and Wear, 2017, p. 28.

M.C. Bishop, "Along the Wall with Hadrian's Cavalry," Minerva, May-June 2017, p. 12, figs. 10a-b.

I. Appy, "L’armée de Rome à Arles antique," (online, article, laprovence.com, 2018).

"Expo musée d’Arles: 'L’Armée de Rome, la puissance et la gloire," (online article, humanhist.com, 2018).

K. Schörle, ed., L'Armée de Rome: La Puissance et la Gloire, Arles, 2018, p. 80, no. 37, ill. front cover.

J. Coulston, "The Power and the Glory," Minerva, March/April 2019, p. 16, fig. 5.

T. Fischer, Army of the Roman Emperors: Archaeology and History, Oxford, 2019, p. 180, figs. 303a, 303b, ill. front cover.

L. Rivière, "Une vie de légionnaire," in S. Laval and M. Pascal, eds., Invictus: Au coeur de deux Légions mythiques, Aubagne, 2020, p. 28.



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA470).

Carlisle, Tullie House Museum, Hadrian's Cavalry, 8 April-10 September 2017.

Arles, Musée départemental Arles antique, L'Armée de Rome: La Puissance et la Gloire, 15 December 2018-22 April 2019.

Aubagne, Musée de la Légion étrangère, Invictus: Au coeur de deux légions mythiques, 10 September 2020-3 October 2021.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze, Iron
Art style:Ancient Art
Place of origin:Italy, Europe, Roman Empire
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour
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