MAGNA GRAECIA, CLASSICAL TO EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 B.C.

Details

A GREEK SILVER-INLAID BRONZE ANATOMICAL CUIRASS
MAGNA GRAECIA, CLASSICAL TO EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 B.C.
Breast-plate: 17 ¾ in. (45.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Gregoire Couturier, Delemont, Switzerland, acquired by 1960.
with Galerie Mythes et Légendes, Paris, acquired from the above, early 1990s.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIII, 2002, no. 30; Ancient Arms, Armor, and Images of Warfare, 2006, no. 28).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2009.

Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA313).

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Lot Essay

This cuirass is formed of hammered sheet, including a breast-plate and back-plate. It preserves silver inlays for the nipples, as well as side hinges through which bronze or iron pins were once inserted, and small rings at the sides and shoulders that were once attached to straps.

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