ID 1303110
Lot 16 | A SAMNITE BRONZE WARRIOR’S PANOPLY
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
LATE CLASSICAL TO EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400-200 B.C.
Helmet: 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) high; breast-plate: 13 ½ in. (34.2 cm.) high; back-plate: 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) high; side-plates: 7 in. (17.7 cm.) long (larger); greaves: 16 1/8 in. (40.9 cm.) long (larger)
Provenance
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Paris or Krefeld, late 1980s-early 1990s (Inv. nos. AG409/H126 (helmet); AG409b/R112a-b (cuirass); AG008/R2 (greaves)).
The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, Christie's, London, 28 April 2004, lot 107.
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttmnan, Auktion 58, Hermann Historica, Munich, 7 October 2009, lot 177.
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art.
Literature
H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Mainz, 1993, p. 18, no. I (helmet).
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 194, fig. 32; p. 215, fig. 97; p. 229, fig. 128.
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, p. 495, no. X385 (helmet).
Exhibited
Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. nos. MMoCA429a-c).
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