A GREEK BRONZE ILLYRIAN HELMET
A GREEK BRONZE ILLYRIAN HELMET

ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK BRONZE ILLYRIAN HELMET
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Hammered from a single heavy sheet, of domed form, with a wide flaring neck-guard and two raised parallel ridges running front to back across the crown, the raised ridge around the perimeter with circular rivets along the edge, each cheek-guard perforated at the forward tip, with two horizontal ridges across the brow
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
Provenance
with Mathias Komor, New York, 1963.
John Armiger Jr., Maryland, acquired in the 1980s.
Acquired by the current owner, U.S., 2015.

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