Hixenbaugh Ancient Art
Greek Bronze Panoply of Armor
Bronze
Greece
Ca. 350 -300 BC.
An ancient South Italian Greek bronze panoply of armor.
Total height: 68 in. (172.2 cm). Height of cuirass: 15 in. (38.7 cm). Height of helmet: 11 1/2 in. (29.3 cm).
description
An ancient South Italian Greek bronze panoply of armor consisting of an emphatically muscled cuirass and back plate, the side plates with wave pattern borders, the nipples inlaid with copper; a Chalcidian type helmet with volutes and hinged cheek pieces, and a pair of anatomical full length greaves.