Apulian-Corinthian bronze helmet - ex Axel Guttmann collection
€37,000
available
Object number
AR3236
| Object: |
Apulian-Corinthian helmet
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| Material: |
Bronze
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| Date: |
5th - 4th century B.C. Apulian |
| Description: |
Apulian-corinthian helmet, with broad flat rear flange, the moulded eyebrows extending into a ridge around the crown, decorated with the delineation of the eyeholes and nose-guard, with confronting boars below, floral motifs behind the animals and a chevron band around the perimeter, all highlighted later in white. With two drilling holes to each side to fix a chin strap.
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| Size: |
Length 30.5cm, width 21cm, height 18cm.
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| Condition: |
Worth the exhibition in a museum. The helmet is in an excellent condition, professionally restored by Mr. Hermann Born. The restoration report is available as part of Born's 1993 publication, see transcript below (in German): "Der vollständig intakte Helm war alt restauriert, d.h. Abnahme der grünen Korrosionsprodukte bis auf die Kupferoxidschicht. Sämtliche Gravuren waren unsichtbar. Herausarbeiten der feinen Ritzgravuren mit dem Ultraschall-Feinmeißel. Die Notwendigkeit der Freilegung, in diesem Fall stellenweise bis zur metallischen Oberfläche, wird ganz besonders deutlich an den nahezu komplett vorhandenen Ritzverzierungen, selbst noch unter den dicken Kupferoxidschichten. Ausziehen der Gravuren mit reversibler weißer Tusche. Abschlußbehandlung mit stark verdünntem Acryllack und säurefreiem Wachsgemisch." |
| Published: |
H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann II (Mainz 1993), Beispiel XI Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Antike Helme Kalender, April 1992 M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme: Sammlung Axel Guttmann VIII (Mainz 2000) p. 18, pl. 5 (AG 365). |
| Reference: |
For a carved depiction of animals on a pseudo-corinthian helmet, see: L'art des peuples italiques 3000 a 300 avant J.-C.(Electa Napoli 1995) p. 164 Nr. 241 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 at Bonhams Paris. Exported from France with export permit Nr. 231805 dated 26.01.2022. Ex Axel Guttmann collection, sold from this 2004 at Christie’s London (Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour Part 2; 28 April 2004, lot 104) and thereafter at Royal Athena Galleries, New York (Ancient Arms, Armor and Images of Warfare, no. 20). Acquired by Guttmann 1989 from the gallery „À la Reine Margot“, Paris, published in the catalogue of the gallery with picture. |
| Authenticity: |
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