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Lot 129

A Greek silver snake bracelet

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Greek silver snake bracelet
Circa 5th-4th Century B.C.
The twisted bracelet with incised and punched decoration of mostly dot and circle motifs, the terminals in the form of two lozenge-shaped snake heads with punched circular eyes, approx. 7.7cm diam.

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Provenance:
Private collection, Tübingen, Germany, acquired prior to WWII in Athens.
Anonymous sale; Kunstwerke der Antike, Herbert A. Cahn & J.-D. Cahn, Basel, 15 June 1998, lot 132.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.
Private collection, England, acquired from the above in 2010.

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