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CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK CORINTHIAN TYPE BRONZE HELMET
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Of hammered sheet, the slender face with some concavity, the neck-guard flaring, pronounced carination peaked at the center of the forehead and separating the face protectants from the crown, the cheek-pieces each half-spade-shaped, tapering to a pointed end, the eye holes outlined with a sharp raised ridge extending at the outer corners and continuing along the thin nose-guard, a slightly raised ridge outlining the perimeter of the helmet
10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) high
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Of hammered sheet, the slender face with some concavity, the neck-guard flaring, pronounced carination peaked at the center of the forehead and separating the face protectants from the crown, the cheek-pieces each half-spade-shaped, tapering to a pointed end, the eye holes outlined with a sharp raised ridge extending at the outer corners and continuing along the thin nose-guard, a slightly raised ridge outlining the perimeter of the helmet
10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) high
Provenance
French Private Collection, Bordeaux, acquired prior to the 1980s.