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LOT 1027

Achaemenid Silver Bracelet with Beast-Heads

2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

3 in. (54.2 grams, 78 mm).

Comprising a round-section penannular body and finely-modelled opposed beast-head terminals.

Provenance

Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Curtis, J. and Tallis, N., Forgotten Empire The World of Ancient Persia, The British Museum Press, 2006, pp.139-143, for bracelets with animal head terminals and coiled wire bodies, p.137.

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LOT 1027

Achaemenid Silver Bracelet with Beast-Heads

Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)

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