Greek Bronze Panoply of Armor

An ancient South Italian Greek bronze panoply of armor consisting of an emphatically muscled cuirass and back plate, the side plates with wave pattern borders, the nipples inlaid with copper; a Chalcidian type helmet with volutes and hinged cheek pieces with wave pattern elements, and a pair of anatomical full length greaves.

Magna Graecia.

Ca. 350 - 300 BC.

Total height: 68 in. (172.2 cm). Height of cuirass: 15 in. (38.7 cm). Height of helmet: 11 1/2 in. (29.3 cm).

Formerly in the collection of Axel Guttmann, Berlin, AG 311 (1944 - 2001), acquired in 1994; Christie’s, London, April 28, 2004, lot 102; with Royal-Athena galleries, New York; subsequently in a California private collection.

Published: J. Eisenberg, Ancient Arms, Armor, and Images of Warfare, (2004), no. 26; Helmet, R. Hixenbaugh and A. Valdman, Ancient Greek Helmets: a Complete Guide and Catalog, (New York, 2019), cat. no. X414.

Inv#: 9283

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