ILLYRIAN-STYLE BRONZE HELMET
ILLYRIAN-STYLE BRONZE HELMET
Greek art, Archaic period, mid-6th century B.C.
An Illyrian-style helmet featuring triangular cheek guards and a neck guard at the back; the top of the helmet is adorned with two protruding ribs, and the rim is studded with rivets.
Minor restorations.
Height: 27.9 cm
Provenance: Former Hirschberg Collection, Germany, 1980s
Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York
Christie’s, New York, June 10, 2010: Lot 78 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA554)
Bibliography: Fortuna Fine Arts, *Venerable Traditions: Works of Art from the Ancient World*, New York, 2007, no. 33
Christie’s, *Antiquities*, New York, June 10, 2010, lot 78
M. Burns, “Graeco-Italic Militaria” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 201, fig. 59
A Greek bronze helmet of the Illyrian type,
Archaic Period, mid-6th century B.C.
ILLYRIAN-STYLE BRONZE HELMET
Greek art, Archaic period, mid-6th century B.C.
An Illyrian-style helmet featuring triangular cheek guards and a neck guard at the back; the top of the helmet is adorned with two protruding ribs, and the rim is studded with rivets.
Minor restorations.
Height: 27.9 cm
Provenance: Former Hirschberg Collection, Germany, 1980s
Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York
Christie’s, New York, June 10, 2010: Lot 78 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA554)
Bibliography: Fortuna Fine Arts, *Venerable Traditions: Works of Art from the Ancient World*, New York, 2007, no. 33
Christie’s, *Antiquities*, New York, June 10, 2010, lot 78
M. Burns, “Graeco-Italic Militaria” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 201, fig. 59
A Greek bronze helmet of the Illyrian type,
Archaic Period, mid-6th century B.C.
