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CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK BRONZE CORSLET
CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Fashioned of hammered sheet, consisting of a breast-plate and back-plate, anatomical in form with details in relief, ornamented with raised and incised details, including, on the front, a voluted ketos or sea-dragon curving around the contours of the pectorals, its serrated comb, fins, forked tail and scales finely incised, the lower rib cage off-set and outlined with a raised ridge terminating at each end in an incised palmette, the linea alba marked by a vertical groove also terminating in an incised palmette, a palmette at the top center at the base of the flaring neck-guard; the back-plate with the curving bars at the shoulder blades each terminating above and below in an incised palmette; the lower rims flaring, the edges of the arm-holes and neck-guard rolled in, a perforation on the front and back of each shoulder for attachment, the proper right front preserving an original iron pin
16½ in.(41.9 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Fashioned of hammered sheet, consisting of a breast-plate and back-plate, anatomical in form with details in relief, ornamented with raised and incised details, including, on the front, a voluted ketos or sea-dragon curving around the contours of the pectorals, its serrated comb, fins, forked tail and scales finely incised, the lower rib cage off-set and outlined with a raised ridge terminating at each end in an incised palmette, the linea alba marked by a vertical groove also terminating in an incised palmette, a palmette at the top center at the base of the flaring neck-guard; the back-plate with the curving bars at the shoulder blades each terminating above and below in an incised palmette; the lower rims flaring, the edges of the arm-holes and neck-guard rolled in, a perforation on the front and back of each shoulder for attachment, the proper right front preserving an original iron pin
16½ in.(41.9 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Private Collection, Zurich, acquired prior to 1962.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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