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116 - GOLD SNAKE BRACELET
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GOLD SNAKE BRACELET Egyptian art, late Ptolemaic or early Roman period, 1st century B.C. An open bracelet whose ends are adorned with the sinuous body of a snake with finely chiseled scales. The tail, curled around itself, forms two loops, while the front part of the reptile forms an elegant S-shape. Height: 7 cm Diameter: 5.3 cm Gross weight: 28.87 g Provenance: Former Belgian private collection, assembled in the 1950s–1960s Cahn International AG, Muenchenstein Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2012 Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2012–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA809) Caesar & Cleopatra, Historisches Museum Der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, April 13–October 26, 2025 Bibliography: A. Schubert, “Cleopatra VII” in Historisches Museum Der Pfalz Speyer (ed.), Caesar & Cleopatra, 2025, p. 103 An Egyptian gold snake bracelet, Late Ptolemaic to early Roman Period, 1st century B.C.
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