AN ILLYRIAN BRONZE HELMET
Lot 286

AN ILLYRIAN BRONZE HELMET

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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GBP 25,850

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AN ILLYRIAN BRONZE HELMET
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
With protective cheekpieces and curving neck guard, decorated with two prominent and two pairs of shallower ribs over the crown, two horizontal ribs across the brow, the border with similar moulding and regilded studs around the edge, pierced at the corner of each cheekpiece, repaired with some restoration
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high

Specialist note

Conserved and restored by the Prehistorisches Museum, Munich.