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.
10 7⁄8 in. (27.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin (Inv. no. H328).
The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, Christie's, London, 28 April 2004, lot 103.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Ancient Arms, Armor and Images of Warfare, no. 22).
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2009.

Literature

M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 219, fig. 107.
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, pp. 485, 674-675, no. X310.
S. DeCasien, "Naval Siege Machinery in Action: Besieging Rhodes by Sea," Ancient Warfare, January-February 2021, p. 27.

Exhibited

Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA422).

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Lot Essay

This helmet has a pediment high above the forehead, ornamented with traces of incised running spirals and terminating above the cheek-pieces in spiraling volutes. Across the crown is a ridged crest that merges at the back with the medial ridge. The ears are open and there is a short flaring neck-guard.

For a similar example, see p. 22 in M. Feugère, Casques Antiques: Les Visages de la Guerre de Mycenes a la Fin de l’Empire Romain.

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