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LOT 1169
Sassanian Bronze Spangenhelm
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
9 in. (1.14 kg, 23 cm high).
Multi-segmented with an ogival profile, rivetted conical finial and riveted straps running vertically around the circumference; some restoration.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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 searcher certificate no.11589-199700.
Cf. Grancsay, S.V., ‘A Sasanian Chieftain’s Helmet’ in Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, April, 1963, pp.253-262, fig.6; Kubik, L., ‘Introduction to studies on late Sasanian protective armour. The Yarysh-Mardy helmet’ in Historia I Świat, nr 5 (2016), pp.77-105, figs.5, 12.
FootnotesThe Spangenhelm is a protective headgear made up from segments or plates held together by a frame. As a popular form of helmet it came to prominence in western Europe in the later Roman Empire, and remained in use for some centuries until replaced by helmets formed from a single sheet.
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