SUPERB ANCIENT GREEK CHALCIDIAN TINNED HELMET WITH APPLIQU?S

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Ca. 400 - 300 BC. A tinned bronze Chalcidian helmet with a high domed skull and a medial ridge. The brow has a shallow projecting peak and arched eye openings, separated by a short projecting nose guard. Hinged cheekpieces at the temples are decorated with roundels and curvilinear motifs that continue along the lower edge of the helmet. A crescentic appliqu? is mounted on the forehead and at the back. The helmet curves down at the rear into a broad neck guard. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2003.407.2. Size: 350mm x 250mm; Weight: 830g Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex German art market, 1980s-1990s. Ex, Immanuel Birnbaum collection, Germany, 1970s-1980s; With Galleria Casa Serodine, Wladimir Rosenbaum, Switzerland, 1974. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

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