A pair of Greek or Etruscan bronze greaves
Circa 6th-4th Century B.C.
44cm high each (2)
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Provenance:
Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands, acquired in Zurich 5th March 1983.

There is a similar pair of Etruscan greaves in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with deep grooves indicating the calf muscle line (acc. no. 22.139.12,.13).
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Both the greaves have been consolidated along tear lines and cracks with vertical and horizontal bands of resin, all clearly visible on the interior of the greaves. A missing area of bronze has been restored with pale resin, visible above the proper right knee and there is also more extensive re-inforcement to the incised calf area.
The surface has been cleaned leaving an attractive mottled green patina with some encrustation.