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AN IMPORTANT ROMAN IRON, BRASS AND COPPER HELMET FOR JULIUS MANSUETUS, together with A DOLABRA

Lot 33
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Lot 33 | AN IMPORTANT ROMAN IRON, BRASS AND COPPER HELMET FOR JULIUS MANSUETUS, together with A DOLABRA
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AN IMPORTANT ROMAN IRON, BRASS AND COPPER HELMET FOR JULIUS MANSUETUS, together with A DOLABRA

ANTONINE PERIOD, CIRCA 125-175 A.D.

Helmet: 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) high; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide; dolabra: 12 ½ in. (32 cm.) high





Provenance

Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired by 1993 (Inv. no. AG800/H276 (helmet), AG803/W201 (dolabra)).

The Axel Guttmann Collection, Part 2, Christie's, London, 28 April 2004, lot 144.

with Hornsby and Nugée, London.

Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2013.



Literature

H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, vol. 2, Mainz, 1993, p. 14.

M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, vol. 8, Berlin and Mainz, 2000, pp. 134-136, 142-145, 153, pls. XIV-XVII, figs. 71-77, ill. front cover.

L. Wamser, ed., Die Römer zwischen Alpen und Nordmeer, Mainz am Rhein, 2000, p. 334, 336, Kat. 40g.

T. Fischer, Die Armee der Caesaren: Archäologie und Geschichte, Regensburg, 2014, pp. 150, 152-153, figs. 179⁄6a, 182⁄6b-6c.



Exhibited

Rosenheim, Ausstellungszentrum Lokschuppen, Die Römer zwischen Alpen und Nordmeer, 12 May-5 November 2000.

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2013-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCACL110a).

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018-2022 (Loan no. L.2018.52.2a–d).
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Copper, Iron
Art style:Ancient Art
Place of origin:Italy, Europe, Roman Empire
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour
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