Bivalve parade cuirass, the front shows a torque around the neck with mask pendant (Medusa?),...

Bivalve parade cuirass, the front shows a torque around the neck with mask pendant (Medusa?), 4th century BC (bronze and silver with embossed decoration)

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Greek school, (4th century BC) / Greek

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Luisa Ricciarini

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Museo Archeologico Nazionale (or Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia), Reggio Calabria, Italy

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Art of Great Greece: bronze and silver parade armour, decorated with a Pan head. From Laos near Marcellina, Italy. 4th century BC. Dim. 34x27 cm Reggio Calabria, Museo Nazionale, (inv. 11803), Italy - Magna Graecia (Great Greece): Bivalve cuirasset; the absence of enforcement in iron or lead suggests an exclusive use only for parades; the front shows a torque around the neck with mask pendant (Medusa?) ; from Laos (Marcellina CS); 4th century BC; bronze lamina with embossed decoration; damascening in silver, front valve 34x27 cm, Reggio Calabria, Museo Nazionale

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