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Published Pseudo-Corinthian Bronze Helmet, ex-Christies

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Ancient Greece, post-Corinthian, ca. 5th century BCE. A Pseudo-Corinthian type bronze helmet with elegant, almond-shaped false eye holes and a spear-head shaped nose guard, molded eyebrows above extending to a ridge around the crown of the head, traces of incised decoration (later highlighted in white) including stylized curled hair locks over the brow, a large palmette flanked by slithering snakes above, and a decorative border around the eye holes, cheek pieces, and helmet perimeter. Size: 9.875" L x 7.5" W x 6.625" H (25.1 cm x 19 cm x 16.8 cm)

This combination of plant and animal imagery - with little distinction made between the real and imaginary - is quite marvelous. According to the curatorial team at the Louvre, similar motifs which first appeared on Corinthian helmets were most likely inspired by the "Greco-oriental repertoire that spread through a large part of the Mediterranean during the orientalist period, as a result of trade between mainland Greece and the Near East."

Note: the term 'Pseudo-Corinthian' refers to this post-Corinthian style of helmet with false eye holes that was designed to be worn on the top of the head, as opposed to covering the face. According to recent scholarship, the tradition of the pseudo-Corinthian helmet was quite tenacious in ancient Greece and the Hellenistic world. Evidence supporting this includes imagery on a stela of a Roman legionary in the Parrasso Museum (late 1st century BCE to 1st century CE), as well as the well-known sarcophagus of Meleagros from Durres (Albania) in the Istanbul Museum. What's more, the statue of a general from the Nerva Forum shows us that this type of helmet persisted and continued to be worn by high commanders. (Graham Summer, Raffaele D'Amato, "Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier, Volume 1, 2009, p. 114.)

Similar pseudo-Corinthian helmets may be found in elite museum collections such as the British Museum, the Metropolitian Museum of Art, and the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.

Published twice: A. Bottini et al., Antike Helme, Mainz, 1988, pp. 98-100, pl. 47; and H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, II, Mainz, 1993, no. XII (AG 161).

This helmet hammered at 8,962 GBP ($16,016) in 2004 at the Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2 (lot 85) at Christie's London, South Kensington.

Provenance: Ex-Private South Dakota collection, ex-Christies (Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour Part 2 - 28 April 2004, London, Kensington; Lot 85), Ex-Axel Guttmann collection

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Flange at rear repaired with restoration. Cheek pieces repaired with restoration though still a bit fragile. Surface wear and pigment loss commensurate with age. Nice lustrous patina with areas of gorgeous green patina.

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Published Pseudo-Corinthian Bronze Helmet, ex-Christies

Name: Published Pseudo-Corinthian Bronze Helmet, ex-Christies
SKU: 53127391
Price: 17000 USD
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