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LOT 0061

Archaic Greek Bronze Snake

6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.

4 1/4 in. (312 grams, 11 cm).

Modelled in the round with coiled body and rearing head, barbed fin to the forehead, punched annulet texturing on the body.

Provenance

Private collection, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, assembled in the 1980s.
Acquired in 1995 by a European private collector.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12856-241689.
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.

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LOT 0061

Archaic Greek Bronze Snake

Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)

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