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LATE 6TH/EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A PSEUDO-CORINTHIAN TYPE BRONZE HELMET
LATE 6TH/EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With everted rear flange, the moulded eyebrows extending into carinated crown perimeter, with false eye-holes and short nose-guard, the cheekpieces incised with confronting boars and vegetal motifs, a band of chevron around the perimeter, tall plume holder riveted to the crown, slight restoration and incised detail highlighted later in white
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
LATE 6TH/EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With everted rear flange, the moulded eyebrows extending into carinated crown perimeter, with false eye-holes and short nose-guard, the cheekpieces incised with confronting boars and vegetal motifs, a band of chevron around the perimeter, tall plume holder riveted to the crown, slight restoration and incised detail highlighted later in white
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s/early 1990s, Krefeld.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis