Greek Decorated Cuirass

3RD CENTURY BC

21 1/2" (3.7 kg, 55cm including stand).

An iron cuirass with band of overlapping offset plates to the collar and shoulders, additional bands to the pectorals and in an arc across the thorax; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Previously the property of a Swiss dealer, Geneva, Switzerland, January 1980. Accompanied by metallurgic analytical report number 115121/562, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford.

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LOT 0500

Greek Decorated Cuirass

Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,875

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