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GREEK CHALCIDIAN HELMET 5th century BC A bronze helmet of Chalcidian type 2 variant, the crown with carinated perimeter, deep crescentic cheekpieces with small rings for attaching the chin strap, attachment hole on rear edge of cheekpiece for fastening the lining, small nose guard with moulded band around the edge, decorative eyebrow line in relief. 793 grams, 24cm (9½"). Fine condition, restored. ÂŁ12,000 - 17,000 EUR 13,470 - 19,090 USD 16,410 - 23,240 Provenance Formerly in the private collection of Mr M B., Mainz, Germany, since the 1990s; ex Axel Guttmann collection; accompanied by an expertise by military specialist Dr Raffaele D’Amato; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certiďŹ cate number no. 10298-168781.
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Literature See Furtwängler, A., Curtius, E, and Adler, F., Olympia: die Ergebnisse der von dem Deutschen Reich veranstalteten Ausgrabung (Tafelband 4): Die Bronzen und die Ăźbrigen kleineren Funde von Olympia, Berlin, 1890; Pug, H., 'Chalkidische Helme' in Antike Helme, RGZM Monographien 14, Mainz, 1988, pp.137-150; Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 1, London, 2002; Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004; " " . ., ' " " " " " " ' (Sarmatian Age Helmets from Eastern Europe), in Stratum Plus, n. 4, 2014, pp.249-284; similar helmets in the British Museum (from Mikrokaraburun, Macedonia, see Pug, 1988, p.140), Olympia (inv. Nr. Misc. 6385, see Furtwangler, 1890, 170 nr. 1026 pl.63) and in the Guttmann collection (Christie's, 2002, pp.62-63). Footnotes Representations of the type 2 Chalcidian helmets are found on Attic pottery as early as the 5th century BC. A beautiful example is the Attic red-ďŹ gure kylix attributed to the Foundry painter, dated 495 BC (Christie's, 2002, p.62), which conďŹ rms the use of these helmets during the Persian Wars (490-479 BC) and that this typology of Hellenic helmets was ďŹ tted with a crest.
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