Antique Art and Weaponry Sale, May 30, 2020
Lot 82:
Rare antique Chinese warrior archaic bronze helmet/mask excavated from thombs. Very fine piece of history with great antique patina. Provenience – estate of H. Medill Sarkisian, long time antique dealer and collector. Sarkisian’s Oriental Rugs & Fine Art, a veritable museum of fine art and archeological treasures, has been a Colorado tradition since 1891. The store truly gained its well-earned reputation under the direction of H. Medill Sarkisian, a third-generation Armenian rug merchant whose global adventures and life’s work can and does fill a museum. Having earned his bachelor’s degree in Asian studies at CU, with advanced degrees from Colorado College and Harvard, Sarkisian became fluent in 6 languages and circled the globe many times to become a scholar of Far Eastern history and one of the world’s leading archeologists in the study of Asian weaving.Helmet is 11" x 8".
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