SECOND HALF OF 7TH CENTURY B.C., CRETE

细节

A GREEK BRONZE CUIRASS
SECOND HALF OF 7TH CENTURY B.C., CRETE
Comprising separate breastplate and backplate, the rib cage, pectoral muscles and shoulder-blades in highly stylized relief, central groove down the spine, rolled mouldings for reinforcement around the neck-guard, arms and waist, restored
19¼ in. (48.9 cm.) and 17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm.) high respectively (2)

来源

Norbert Schimmel Collection, New York: sold Sotheby's New York, 13 December 1992, lot 37.

展览

Dädalische Kunst auf Kreta im 7. Jh. v. Chr., Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1970; and Von Troja bis Amarna, The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Ägyptische Museum Berlin, 1978, no. 16.

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品专文

PUBLISHED:
H. Hoffmann and A. E. Raubitschek, Early Cretan Armorers, Mainz, 1972, p. 9, no. C8, pls. 28-29; Exhibition catalogue, Von Troja bis Amarna, The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Ägyptische Museum Berlin, Mainz, 1978, no. 16; H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, II, Mainz, 1993, no. XV; and H. Born and S. Hansen, Helme und Waffen Alteuropas: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, IX, Mainz, 2001, p. 87, pl. 70 (AG 432).

The cuirass was restored by Joseph Ternbach, New York.