CASQUE PSEUDO-CORINTHIEN, BRONZE, ART ITALIQUE, CIRCA VE-IVE S. AV. J.-C. A PSEUDO-CORINTHIAN BRONZE HELMET, CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C., with broad flat rear flange, the moulded eyebrows extending into a ridge around the crown, decorated with the delineation of the eyeholes and nose-guard, with confronting boars below, floral motifs behind the animals and a chevron band around the perimeter, all highlighted later in white, 17.8cm high, 21cm wide, 30cm deep Footnotes: Provenance: with La Reine Margot, Paris, 1989. Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin. Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour Part 2; Christie's, London, 28 April 2004, lot 104. with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, October 2004 (Ancient Arms, Armor and Images of Warfare, no. 20). Published: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Antike Helme Kalender, April 1992. H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, II, Mainz, 1993, no. XI. M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, VIII, Mainz, 2000, p.18, pl. 5 (AG 365). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com