description

Skythian decorated Pseudo-Illyrian Bronze Helmet

Provenance

Ex priv. collection J.B., Brussels, acquired 1975

Detail Description

SKYTHIAN DECORATED  PSEUDO-ILLYRIAN BRONZE HELMET



A Pseudo-Illyrian variant,  the bowl hammered out of single sheet of bronze, semi-spherical upperpart with raised decorative edging of the perimeter;

cheek-pieces joined to helmet by hinges, pierced for interior leather lining, loop-shaped cut-outs on either sides for the ears; back of helmet straight down to protect the neck.

Ex priv. collection J. B., Belgium, acquired 1975.

H. 26 cm. Nice green patina. Repaired.

3rd - 2nd cent. BC