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A ROMAN TINNED BRONZE HELMET OF WEISENAU TYPE

Lot 41
08.10.2024 16:00UTC -05:00
Classic
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ID 1303145
Lot 41 | A ROMAN TINNED BRONZE HELMET OF WEISENAU TYPE
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
A ROMAN TINNED BRONZE HELMET OF WEISENAU TYPE
CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
13 ½ in. (34.2 cm.) long




Provenance

with Axel Weber, Cologne, by 1982.
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired from the above, 1983 (Inv. no AG292/H70; Antike Helme Kalender, 1991, front cover and November).
The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, Christie's, London, 28 April 2004, lot 143.
Antiken de Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Auktion 56, Hermann Historica, Munich, 8 October 2008, lot 61.
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art.



Literature

M. Junkelmann, "Roman Helmets in the Axel Guttmann Collection," Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies, vol. 10, 1999, pp. 81, 83, fig. 2.
M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Mainz, 2000, pp. 78-79, 124-125, figs. 57-60, pl. IX; foldout 1.
M. Junkelmann, Das Spiel mit dem Tod: So kämpften Roms Gladiatoren, Mainz, 2000, p. 55, fig. 68.
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 254, fig. 52.
M. Merrony, ed., Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins: La collection Famille Levett, Mougins, 2012, p. 77, fig. 20.
M. Knowles, "Marching to the Roman Beat," Minerva, January-February 2011, p. 26, fig. 1.
D. Sim and J. Kaminski, Roman Imperial Armour: The Production of Early Imperial Military Armour, Oxford, 2011, p. 123, pl. 7.
"Picasso, Klein, Gladiator," Nice-Matin, 3 March 2013, p. 32.
K. Schörle, ed., L'Armée de Rome: La Puissance et la Gloire, Arles, 2018, pp. 40, 61, no. 29.
"Expo musée d’Arles: 'L’Armée de Rome, la puissance et la gloire" (online article, humanhist.com, 2018).
J. Coulston, "The Power and the Glory," Minerva, March/April 2019, p. 19, fig. 15.
P. Faure and F. Hurlet, eds., En quête de pouvoir: De Rome à Lugdunum, Lyon, 2021, p. 63, fig. 3.



Exhibited

Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA190).
Arles, Musée départemental Arles antique, L'Armée de Rome: La Puissance et la Gloire, 15 December 2018-22 April 2019.
Lyon, Lugdunum Musée et théâtres romains, Une salade, César? La cuisine romaine de la taverne au banquet, 14 October 2020-25 April 2021.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Ancient Art
Place of origin:Italy, Europe, Roman Empire
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour
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