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Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet
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LOT 1135

Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet

4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.

19 in. (4.7 kg total, 48 cm high including stand).

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 and one cheek-piece; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

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.11751-202770.

Literature

Cf. Beglova, E.A., Antichnoe nasledie Kubani (Ancient heritage of Kuban) III, Moscow, pp.410-422 (in Russian); Dedjulkin A.V., 'Locally Made Protective Equipment of the Population of North-Western Caucasus in the Hellenistic Period', in Stratum Plus, no. 3, 2014, pp.169-184; Симоненко А.В., 'Шлемы сарматского времени из Восточной Европы' (Sarmatian Age Helmets from Eastern Europe), in Stratum Plus, no.4, 2014, fig.15, no.1.

Footnotes

According both to Symonenko and Dedjulkin (2014, p.189, fig.9, nn.4-5-6), this category of helmet derives from Chalcidian types (with pseudo-Illyrian elements). As with Chalcidian helmets, our specimen shows vertical decorative lines on the bowl and triangular brow ornament. Distinct from Attic types, it does not have a protruding neck guard introduced on variant III of such helmets (Symonenko, 2014, fig. 15,2-3). According to Dedjulkin, these helmets derive from Greek prototypes, but are simplifications of the original models and made by local artisans. They were widely worn by mercenaries in the Hellenised armies of Pontus and other Hellenistic kingdoms across the Eastern Mediterranean.

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LOT 1135

Pseudo-Illyrian Chalcidian Variant Bronze Helmet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860

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