MAGNA GRAECIA, LATE CLASSICAL TO HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 350-250 B.C.

Details

A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET
MAGNA GRAECIA, LATE CLASSICAL TO HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 350-250 B.C.
11 ¾ in. (29.9 cm.) high

Provenance

Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Krefeld, 1987 (Inv. no. AG155/H18).
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttman, Auktion 58, Hermann Historica, Munich, 7 October 2009, lot 172.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.

Literature

M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 216, fig. 101.
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, pp. 488, 677, no. X336.

Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA497).

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Lot Essay

Similar to lot 9, this helmet features a spherical dome and no nose-guard, thus implying it is of South Italian manufacture. As P. Connolly observes (pp. 61-62 in Greece and Rome at War), this variation of the Chalcidian type is often referred to as an “Attic helmet,” even though there “are no Greek examples of this type; practically all the survivals come from Italy where it was very popular.”

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