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LOT 0250
Etrusco-Italic Breastplate with Mythical Animal
5TH CENTURY B.C.
11 1/4 in. (626 grams total, 28.5 cm high including stand).
Displaying a repoussé horned animal advancing right, two roundels composed of bulbous rivets flanking the animal and encircling the central design; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceCollection of Jacques and Henriette Schumann, formed between 1950 and 1970.
The Schumanns inherited part of their collection from Henriette’s parents, Alice and Fernand Halphen, andjacques’ maternal grandfather, Albert Lehmann.
Collection of Jacques and Henriette Schumann, Christie's, Paris, 30th September 2003, lot 85.
Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport no.107322.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11877-207824.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 18.145.23, wrongly classified as shield boss; cf. Connolly, P., Greece and Rome at war, London, 2006, figs.9-14 p.101, for a similar one and the fastening system.
FootnotesThis type of armour, composed from a bronze breast and back plate with hinged shoulder straps, all the parts backed with iron, was used by Etruscans, Hernici, Aequi and Volsci, the feared enemies of early Rome. In particular our item has many parallels with the disc-cuirass (cardiophylax) found in the Necropolis of Alfadena.
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Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet
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Large rounded two-part bowl rivetted beneath the repoussé crest extending across the brow and around the circumference; repoussé arches above the eyes extending to the nasal; lateral D-shaped cheek-pieces with scallop to the forward edge, pierced for a chin-strap; some restoration of the bowl; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2.9 kg total, 48.5 cm high including stand
Acquired 1971-1972. From the collection of the vendor's father. Property of a London, UK, collector. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11752-202771.
According both to Symonenko and Dedjulkin (2014, p.189, fig.9, nn.4-5-6), this category of helmets derived from the Chalcidian type with elements of pseudo-Illyrian variants. Like the Chalcidian helmets, our specimen shows vertical decorative lines on the bowl and the triangular brow decoration which characterises similar specimens.
