5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A PSEUDO-CORINTHIAN TYPE BRONZE HELMET
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
With broad flat rear flange, the moulded eyebrows extending into ridge around the crown, attachment holes on the crown and at either side on the lower edge, the decoration comprising delineation of the eye-holes and nose-guard with confronting boars below, a chevron band around the perimeter, highlighted later in white
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in 1989, Paris.

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

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, II, Mainz, 1993, no. XI; M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, VIII, Mainz, 2000, p. 18, pl. 5 (AG 365); and Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Antike Helme Kalender, 1992, April.

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