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114 - GOLD BRACELET WITH LION HEADS
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GOLD BRACELET WITH LION HEADS Hellenistic art, late 4th–early 3rd century B.C. Flat open bracelet, consisting of a bronze core covered with gold leaf, with finely detailed lion heads at each end. Diameter: 6.7 cm Gross weight: 17.24 g Provenance: Former J.B. Collection, assembled in the 1960s–1970s, Switzerland Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, Switzerland, September 23, 2005: no. 204 (ill.) Royal-Athena Galleries, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2008 Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA125) Caesar & Cleopatra, Historisches Museum Der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, April 13–October 26, 2025 Bibliography: Jean-David Cahn AG, Auction 5, September 23, 2005, lot 204 J. M. Eisenberg, *Art of the Ancient World*, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2006, vol. XVII, p. 69, no. 139 J. Boardman, “Greek Art” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 70, fig. 53 A Hellenistic bracelet made of sheet gold over a bronze core, Late 4th–early 3rd century B.C.
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