CHINESE BRONZE ZHOU DYNASTY HELMET Circa 800-500 BC. A cast bronze helmet of unusual design, with D-shaped openings to front and rear; the bowl formed with longitudinal ribbing, reinforcing plates and simulated rivet detailing; above, a pierced rectangular finial or plume-holder; attachment loops to the lower edge. Bronze, 2.3 kg, 30 cm. Extremely fine condition, complete, minor corrosion. Provenance From the private collection of a German Gentleman, acquired prior to 1982. Literature Cf. similar examples published in Yang Hong Zhonggou ge bingqi lungzong , Beijing 1980 fig.9 and M. Gorelik, Oryzhie drevnego vostoka , Moscow, 1993, plate LXII no.53; Bonhams Arms and Armour sale, 2nd July 1997, lot 64, offered with a copy of the Bonhams sales catalogue. Footnotes Helmets of this kind were worn by aristocratic warriors fighting from four-horse chariots.
CHINESE BRONZE ZHOU DYNASTY HELMET Circa 800-500 BC. A cast bronze helmet of unusual design, with D-shaped openings to front and rear; the bowl formed with longitudinal ribbing, reinforcing plates and simulated rivet detailing; above, a pierced rectangular finial or plume-holder; attachment loops to the lower edge. Bronze, 2.3 kg, 30 cm. Extremely fine condition, complete, minor corrosion. Provenance From the private collection of a German Gentleman, acquired prior to 1982. Literature Cf. similar examples published in Yang Hong Zhonggou ge bingqi lungzong , Beijing 1980 fig.9 and M. Gorelik, Oryzhie drevnego vostoka , Moscow, 1993, plate LXII no.53; Bonhams Arms and Armour sale, 2nd July 1997, lot 64, offered with a copy of the Bonhams sales catalogue. Footnotes Helmets of this kind were worn by aristocratic warriors fighting from four-horse chariots.
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