A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET
A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET
A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET
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A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET
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A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET

MAGNA GRAECIA, LATE CLASSICAL TO EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 350-250 B.C.

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A GREEK BRONZE CHALCIDIAN HELMET
MAGNA GRAECIA, LATE CLASSICAL TO EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 350-250 B.C.
12 ¾ in. (32.3 cm.) high
来源
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Freiburg, 1988 (Inv. no. AG173/H29).
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttman, Auktion 54, Hermann Historica, Munich, 11 April 2008, lot 322.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
出版
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 219, fig. 108.
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, p. 491, no. X353.
展览
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA169).

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Hannah Fox Solomon
Hannah Fox Solomon Head of Department, Specialist

拍品专文

This elegant example features a carinated ridge around the spherical dome rising to a peak above the forehead and three tubular plume-holders attached to the crown. Noticeably absent from this South Italian type is the nose-guard. It features hinged cheek- guards and large ear-openings.

Feathers were popular embellishments on Chalcidian helmets, intended to intimidate enemies and show an association with Ares, the god of war, who is often depicted wearing a crested helmet. Both Livy and Polybius make reference to aigrettes (horsehair crests and/or feathers) and their ability to create fear in battle (see pp. 218-221 in Burns, op. cit.). This type of helmet occurs frequently on South Italian vases, as seen worn by an Italic warrior on a Campanian hydria (no. 92 in M. Mayo, ed., The Art of South Italy: Vases from Magna Graecia). For a nearly identical helmet also once in the collection of Axel Guttmann, see no. X356 in Hixenbaugh, op. cit.

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