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LOT 2193
Hellenistic Style Silver Snake Decoration
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
6 1/8 in. (170 grams, 15.5 cm).
An unwound bracelet modelled in the round with finely detailed scale texture to the tapering body, head raised; after the antique. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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