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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE S. BLUMENTHAL
A GREEK BRONZE ILLYRIAN HELMET
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK BRONZE ILLYRIAN HELMET
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Hammered from a single sheet, of domed form, with a wide flaring neck-guard, two sets of three raised parallel ridges running front to back across the crown, the raised ridge around the perimeter with evenly-spaced gilt rivets along the edge, each cheek-guard perforated at the forward tip, with two horizontal ridges across the brow
11 in. (28 cm.) high
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Hammered from a single sheet, of domed form, with a wide flaring neck-guard, two sets of three raised parallel ridges running front to back across the crown, the raised ridge around the perimeter with evenly-spaced gilt rivets along the edge, each cheek-guard perforated at the forward tip, with two horizontal ridges across the brow
11 in. (28 cm.) high
Provenance
Art Market, Munich, 1970s.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 November 2001, lot 286.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 November 2001, lot 286.
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