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LOT 0057
Thracian Silver Bracelet Pair
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (3 1/4 in.) (52.4 grams total, 64 mm each (119 grams total, 82 mm high including stand)).
Each composed of a penannular body with stylised snake head terminals; each accompanied by a custom-made display stand. [2]
ProvenanceUK art market, 2000s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by searcher certificate no. 201181.
Cf. Constantinescu, B., Bugoi, R., Cojocaru, V., Niculescu, Gh., Oberlaender–Tarnoveanu, E., Radtke, M., 'The Sarmizegetusa bracelets' in Antiquity, 84 (326), p.1028–1042, fig.8.
FootnotesThe bracelets belong to the type with zoomorphic terminals, probably representing snake’s heads or dragons emerging from flat rectangular strips with incised decoration and continued as lobed bodies resembling stylised palm leaves or palmettes. This Thracian tradition is attested in the ancient kingdom of Dacia.
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