4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A PILOS TYPE BRONZE HELMET
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Of conical form with broad rim, with remains of original tinned laurel wreath decoration above, surmounted by a coiling finial with leaves around the helmet's apex, restored
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, Auktion 70, 14 November 1986, no. 127.

Exhibited

Exhibition catalogue, Classical Antiquity, André Emmerich Gallery Inc. (Zurich and New York) and Münzen und Medaillen AG (Basle), 22 November 1975 - 10 January 1976, no. 53.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, II, Mainz, 1993, no. VI (AG 179).

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