ID 1076543 
Lot 19  | A SAMNITE BRONZE ANATOMICAL CUIRASS AND SIDE-PLATES
Estimate value
$ 35 000 – 45 000 
CIRCA 350-300 B.C.
Breast-plate: 11 5⁄8 in. (29.6 cm.) high; back-plate: 11 ½ in. (29.4 cm.) high; belt elements: 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) long and 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 21 May 1984, lot 344.
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Krefeld, 1986 (Inv no. AG136/R29a,b).
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttman, Auktion 54, Hermann Historica, Munich, 11 April 2008, lot 343.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXI, 2010, no. 105).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2009.
Literature
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, pp. 229-230, fig. 130.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA334).
| 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 | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | ||||
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