Lot 85
85
A PSEUDO-CORINTHIAN TYPE BRONZE HELMET
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A PSEUDO-CORINTHIAN TYPE BRONZE HELMET

5TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
A PSEUDO-CORINTHIAN TYPE BRONZE HELMET
5TH CENTURY B.C.
With false eye-holes and nose-guard, moulded eyebrows above, traces of incised decoration (later highlighted in white) include stylized hair locks over the brow, palmette flanked by snakes above, and a decorative border around the helmet perimeter, flange at rear, repaired with restoration
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in a Swiss private collection prior to 1988.
Special notice
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

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. Bottini et al., Antike Helme, Mainz, 1988, pp. 98-100, pl. 47; and H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, II, Mainz, 1993, no. XII (AG 161).

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