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Greek Bronze Cuirass Section of Thorax Stadios Greek Bronze Cuirass Section of Thorax Stadios Greek Bronze Cuirass Section of Thorax Stadios
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LOT 1496

Greek Bronze Cuirass Section of Thorax Stadios

4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

13 1/4 in. (465 grams, 33.5 cm).

Left front side of anatomical armour for horseman, embossed left flank muscles embossed, double border of armour under armpits still partially visible. [No Reserve]

Provenance

UK private collection, acquired in 1996.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Connolly, P., Greece and Rome at War, London, 2006, fig.p.56, bottom right, for similar.

Footnotes

Armour for cavalrymen in classical Greece were specially designed with these characteristics. They were very broad on the hips to enable their wearers to sit on a horse. Important parallels are known from South Italy, one of them preserved in the Bari Museum.

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LOT 1496

Greek Bronze Cuirass Section of Thorax Stadios

Sold for (Inc. bp): £494

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