Greek Bronze Prometopidiae

A pair of ancient Greek bronze chamfrons, or prometopidia, frontlet horse armor for a two horse chariot (biga), each with frontally facing repoussee heads of hoplites, wearing Chalcidian helmets with ram’s head cheek pieces; the men’s eyes inlaid with ivory.

Ca. 500 – 460 BC.

Maximum height: 18 1/4 in. (46 cm).

In all, only four ancient Greek pairs of prometopidia with helmeted heads are known, all of which are in museum collections except for this pair.

cf.: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, inv. 5711-5712; Getty Museum (83.AC.7.1-2), Antikenmuseum, Basel (Inv. Nr. Lu. 291, Sammlung I. und P. Ludwig).

Formerly in a New York private collection; previously in a European private collection.

Inv#: 8755

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