4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A FINE ETRUSCAN MONTEFORTINO TYPE BRONZE HELMET
4TH CENTURY B.C.
The domed helmet with narrow rear peak chased with hatched band, an incised band of herringbone motif extends around the perimeter, the crown topped by small rosette finial, with separate hinged cheekpieces of scalloped outline, each composed of front and back plates, the front plate with triple disc decoration, button knob at base for attachment of chin strap
Helmet 7 in. (17.9 cm.) high; cheekpieces 5½ in. (14 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
H. Born, Antike Herstellungstechniken, Acta Praehistorica et Archaeologica, 21, 1989, pp. 99-103, pls. 1-5; H. Born, Zur Herstellung der Etruskischen Bronzehelme mit Scheitelknauf, Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 21, 1991, pp. 73 ff., illustrated; and M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, VIII, Mainz, 2000, p. 57, pl. 7 (AG 193) for a discussion of the cheekpieces.

Cf. D. G. Mitten and S. F. Doeringer, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, Mainz, 1967, p. 224, no. 227 for a similar helmet in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from the William Randolph Hearst collection.

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