A Corinthian Bronze Helmet , circa early 5th Century B.C.

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

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Description

A Corinthian Bronze Helmet
Height 12 in. 30.5 cm.

of Corinthian type hammered from a single sheet of bronze, with crested dome, offset concave neck protector notched at the shoulders, long pointed cheek-pieces with holes for attachment of the chin strap at the base, and finely contoured eyes and nose guard, the almond-shaped eyes with extended contours in relief at the outer corners.

Provenance

William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby's, New York, The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Highly Important Vases. The William Herbert Hunt, Highly Important Greek, Roman, and Etruscan Bronzes, June 19th, 1990, no. 32, illus.)

Literature

Dietrich von Bothmer, Jane M. Cody, Jiri Frel, Arthur Houghton, Catherine Custus Lorber, and Margaret Ellen Mayo, Wealth of the Ancient World, The Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt Collections, Forth Worth Texas, catalogue of the exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Detroit Institute of Arts, and Dallas Museum of Art, 1983, no. 30, illus.

Catalogue Note

Compare Antike Helme, no. 33, Providence, Classical Bronzes, no. 14, and Snodgrass, Arms and Armour of the Greeks.