20th Mar, 2013 10:00
Thomas Del Mar Ltd - Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria - John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
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**A GREEK CORINTHIAN BRONZE HELMET
**A GREEK CORINTHIAN BRONZE HELMET, 6TH CENTURY BC
formed in one piece with a rounded crown turned outwards at its rear to form a neck-guard, and projecting downwards at its front to form a deep face-defence cut with a broad Y-shaped opening formed at its centre with a sturdy forward-sloping spatulate nasal-bar and extended cheek-guards, the brow finely embossed in low relief with a 'horn' motif beneath a palmette, and the main edges border by raised trios of ribs (the whole heavily patinated throughout, showing extensive losses due to corrosion, and repaired cracks at each cheek)
26.5 cm; 10½ in
Provenance
M. Mikalides, Greece, sold 14th August 1928
E. Chachati, Paris, 29th May 1931
JWHA Inv. No. 1449
The helmet is transitional in form between types 12 and 13 of Peter Connolly, The Greek Armies, London, 1977, p. 35.
Sold for £38,000
**A GREEK CORINTHIAN BRONZE HELMET, 6TH CENTURY BC
formed in one piece with a rounded crown turned outwards at its rear to form a neck-guard, and projecting downwards at its front to form a deep face-defence cut with a broad Y-shaped opening formed at its centre with a sturdy forward-sloping spatulate nasal-bar and extended cheek-guards, the brow finely embossed in low relief with a 'horn' motif beneath a palmette, and the main edges border by raised trios of ribs (the whole heavily patinated throughout, showing extensive losses due to corrosion, and repaired cracks at each cheek)
26.5 cm; 10½ in
Provenance
M. Mikalides, Greece, sold 14th August 1928
E. Chachati, Paris, 29th May 1931
JWHA Inv. No. 1449
The helmet is transitional in form between types 12 and 13 of Peter Connolly, The Greek Armies, London, 1977, p. 35.
