Backplate of a "Muscled" Cuirass
Dateabout 300 BCE
Mediumbronze
Dimensions48 × 43 × 7.6 cm (18 7/8 × 16 15/16 × 3 in.), 4 lb, 6 oz. (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.21.2
ProvenanceThis cuirass was lot 138 in the Sir Francis Cook sale at Christies (14 July 1925). Sold for 45 guineas to Cyril Andrade.
Purchased by John W. Higgins on May 16, 1930 from Cyril Andrade, Ltd., London. Given to the Museum on December 15, 1931.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.On View
On view
about 300 BCE
