Kunst und Antiquitäten - Antiken, Asiatika und Russische Kunst

| 67 An Illyrian Greek bronze helmet, type III B, 5th century B.C. The helmet worn by aGreekHoplite, forged in one piece, with a beautiful green patina. Hemispherical skull with trapezoidal face opening, the neck guard extending downwards, the edge struck horizontally outwards. An acute-angled cutout between the neck guard and the fixed cheek protec- tors. The cheek protectors extending deeply downwards, domed outwards at the back and flaring marginally at the front. A slightly raised channel for the crest, bordered by two ridges at the side, running over the top of the skull. Worthy of special mention are the rare posterior eyelet and the rivet on the forehead, each fixed in the middle under the end of the channel, which were used to fasten the crest. Aperforation at the front corner of the cheek guards to fasten the helmet when worn (original on the left, reconstructed on the right). A border of punched pseudo-rivets around the edge of the helmet. An antique repair with two riveted sheet metal strips above the corner of the left cheek protector. The edges of the cheek guards partially broken away, replaced only on the left cheek guard. Well over 95% original metal substance. Fractures in the lower part of the cheek guards and cracks in the helmet expertly stabilised. Impressive helmet with rarely preserved technical details. Dimensions ca. 25 (height) x 22 (depth) x 21 cm (width). P rovenance : Southern German private collection. 296120 II + € 11.000 36