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THE PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR
A GREEK BRONZE HELMET OF CORINTHIAN TYPE
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK BRONZE HELMET OF CORINTHIAN TYPE
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Hammered from a single heavy sheet, of domed form, with some carination around the sides and back, the neck-guard flaring, the cheek-guards pointed at their ends, the elongated almond-shaped eye holes bevelled at the edges and contoured at their outer corners, the pointed nose-guard protruding, bordered along the perimeter with small perforations
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Hammered from a single heavy sheet, of domed form, with some carination around the sides and back, the neck-guard flaring, the cheek-guards pointed at their ends, the elongated almond-shaped eye holes bevelled at the edges and contoured at their outer corners, the pointed nose-guard protruding, bordered along the perimeter with small perforations
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 1 March 1966, lot 149.
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