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ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK ILLYRIAN TYPE BRONZE HELMET
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Of hammered sheet, with a flaring neck-guard, each cheek-guard perforated at the forward tip, two raised parallel ridges running front to back over the crown, the perimeter of the crown carinated, the brow incised with two confronting lions, their heads turned back, the manes finely delineated, with one foreleg raised toward each other, their hind legs staggered revealing their genitalia, their tails upraised
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) high
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Of hammered sheet, with a flaring neck-guard, each cheek-guard perforated at the forward tip, two raised parallel ridges running front to back over the crown, the perimeter of the crown carinated, the brow incised with two confronting lions, their heads turned back, the manes finely delineated, with one foreleg raised toward each other, their hind legs staggered revealing their genitalia, their tails upraised
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) high
Provenance
German Private Collection, 1970s.