BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN BRONZE CAVALRY PARADE HELMET MASK, CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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July 9, 01:33 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN BRONZE CAVALRY PARADE HELMET MASK, CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
probably depicting an Amazon, with outlined lip and finely incised diagonally striated lower lashes and chevron-patterned upper lashes, fragmentary iris rings in the eye sockets, a tongue pattern framing the forehead and temples and centering a small shell, the hair flowing in two rows of thick wavy curls down the side.
Height 14.5 cm.; width 18.3 cm.
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Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg-im-Breisgau
Bonhams, Knightsbridge, April 27th, 2001, lot 53, illus.
Private collection, London, acquired at the above sale (Dreweatts, Donnington, Newbury, Berks., November 30th, 2016, no. 23, illus.)
For other examples of this type see British Museum, inv. no. 1824,0407.10 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/search?keyword=1824,0407.10, discussed by H. Russell Robinson, Roman Imperial Armour, 1975, p. 124, and J. Travis, Roman Helmets, 2014, fig. 88), and Christie’s, New York, June 8th, 2005, no. 177 (https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-roman-bronze-cavalry-parade-helmet-circa-4505583-details.aspx). Typologically, these examples are categorised as cavalry sports parade helmets type E.