CASQUE PYLOS, BRONZE, GRANDE GRÈCE, CIRCA 2NDE MOITIÉ DU IVE S. AV. J.-C.
CASQUE PYLOS, BRONZE, GRANDE GRÈCE, CIRCA 2NDE MOITIÉ DU IVE S. AV. J.-C.
A GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET, MAGNA GRAECIA, CIRCA 2ND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C., of conical form with rounded dome, an encircling rib above the broad rim, 24cm high, 19cm wide, 23cm deep
Provenance:
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin.
Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and Other Properties; Hermann Historica, Munich, 23 April 2009, lot 328.
Such helmets were first used in Sparta at the end of the 5th Century B.C., as the Peloponnesian War drew to a close. These lighter, simpler helmets offered all-round vision, as well as being cheaper to make.
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CASQUE PYLOS, BRONZE, GRANDE GRÈCE, CIRCA 2NDE MOITIÉ DU IVE S. AV. J.-C.
A GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET, MAGNA GRAECIA, CIRCA 2ND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C., of conical form with rounded dome, an encircling rib above the broad rim, 24cm high, 19cm wide, 23cm deep
Provenance:
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin.
Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and Other Properties; Hermann Historica, Munich, 23 April 2009, lot 328.
Such helmets were first used in Sparta at the end of the 5th Century B.C., as the Peloponnesian War drew to a close. These lighter, simpler helmets offered all-round vision, as well as being cheaper to make.
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