With narrow flange at rear, the moulded eyebrows extending into a ridge around the crown, with false eye- holes and short nose-guard, the cheek pieces incised with the foreparts of...
With narrow flange at rear, the moulded eyebrows extending into a ridge around the crown, with false eye- holes and short nose-guard, the cheek pieces incised with the foreparts of confronting boars with stippled bodies and bristled crests along their backs, incised vegetation behind each boar and extending from the corner of the eye lines, the perimeter bordered with incised lines and a central band of chevrons, a tall plume holder riveted to the crown, pierced at the lower edge on each side.
Axel Guttmann Collection, Berlin, acquired in 1987
Christie's, London, The Art of Warfare: The Axel Guttmann Collection of Arms and Armour, Part I, 6 November 2002, lot 64 American private collection, 2002-2019
Literature
The pseudo-Corinthian helmet, developed in Magna Graecia, the Greek colonies of South Italy during the 6th-5th Century BC, was a stylistic progression from the earlier Corinthian type helmets. This style of helmet was worn on top of the head rather than over the face, and would have been secured with a chinstrap, with the front portion serving as a visor. The adaptation of this type from the original Corinthian allowed the wearer more visibility, as the eye and nose slits became purely decorative. According to Bottini (1990) this example belongs to Type A: A. Bottini, 'Gli Elmi Apulo-Corinzi: Proposta di Classificazione', AION AnnArchStAnt, 1990, pp. 23-37, no. 25.