A PAIR OF GREEK BRONZE ANKLE GUARDS

APULIA, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A PAIR OF GREEK BRONZE ANKLE GUARDS
APULIA, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Each of hammered sheet, lanceolate in form, contoured to the length of the heel and the Achilles tendon, extending up the calf, bulging around the lower end at the ankle, with a pronounced oval protrusion for the malleolus medialis (inner ankle bone), tapering at the front to a rounded edge, with small bosses flanking both sides at the triangular top, perforated at the front on either edge to accommodate laces; one with an ancient repair to the lower edge, with a rectangular sheet pinned to the interior
Left guard: 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high (2)

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Private Collection, Switzerland.
with Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1998.
with Galleria Serodine, Ascona.

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Ankle guards were one of four types of body armor available to ancient Greek warriors. The other coverings included a helmet, a corslet and greaves. This type of ankle guard was prominent in Magna Graecia-- Apulia in particular -- and differed from its mainland Greek counterpart in its elongated form, which protected a larger portion of the back of the leg. As von Bothmer explains, it is unclear whether these guards were worn in conjunction with greaves or on their own (see p. 68 in D. von Bothmer, Armorial Adjuncts, and no. 7, p. 69 for a similar example).

APULIA, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

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