52 - ILLYRIAN-STYLE BRONZE HELMET

ILLYRIAN-STYLE BRONZE HELMET Greek art, Archaic period, mid-6th century B.C. An Illyrian-style helmet featuring triangular cheek guards and a neck guard at the back; the top of the helmet is adorned with two protruding ribs, and the rim is studded with rivets. Minor restorations. Height: 27.9 cm Provenance: Former Hirschberg Collection, Germany, 1980s Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York Christie’s, New York, June 10, 2010: Lot 78 (ill.) Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA554) Bibliography: Fortuna Fine Arts, *Venerable Traditions: Works of Art from the Ancient World*, New York, 2007, no. 33 Christie’s, *Antiquities*, New York, June 10, 2010, lot 78 M. Burns, “Graeco-Italic Militaria” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 201, fig. 59 A Greek bronze helmet of the Illyrian type, Archaic Period, mid-6th century B.C.