04-15-2004, 05:53 AM
Lot 163 in the Guttmann sale includes "a Roman bronze muscled breastplate, 1st Century B.C./A.D" - see www.christies.com/LotFind...ID=4265342<br>
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Is this the only known Roman muscled cuirass? I don't remember seeing any others published, and I think that Russell Robinson's book, for example, illustrates earlier Etruscan or Italiote pieces when discussing the muscle-cuirass.<br>
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That said, how sure can we be that this one is attributed correctly? I note that while the Intercisa helmet-half and Baldenheim cheekpiece have some provenance information and have been published, nothing is said about the cuirass. Does anyone know any more about it? <p></p><i></i>
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Is this the only known Roman muscled cuirass? I don't remember seeing any others published, and I think that Russell Robinson's book, for example, illustrates earlier Etruscan or Italiote pieces when discussing the muscle-cuirass.<br>
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That said, how sure can we be that this one is attributed correctly? I note that while the Intercisa helmet-half and Baldenheim cheekpiece have some provenance information and have been published, nothing is said about the cuirass. Does anyone know any more about it? <p></p><i></i>