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Auction archive: Lot number 245

A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD BRACELETS

Ancient Jewelry
9 Dec 2008
Estimate
US$80,000 - US$120,000
Price realised:
US$80,500
Auction archive: Lot number 245

A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD BRACELETS

Ancient Jewelry
9 Dec 2008
Estimate
US$80,000 - US$120,000
Price realised:
US$80,500
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD BRACELETS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD BRACELETS HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C. Each formed from a hollow hoop overlapping at the ends, the inner surface flat from which rise long tongues, each with a single punched dot at the tip, the zone above dotted, a thin band of bead-and-reel above, the outer surface of the hoop unembellished but for each end where plain convex bands alternate with twin hatched bands, each terminal in the form of a lion head fashioned from sheet, with some details stippled, the lolling tongues and fangs inserted, the eyes detailed in blue enamel in circular frames, the cylindrical collars with bands of twisted wire tongues edged with beaded wire, each terminal joined to the hoop by a pin with a beaded loop and flattened ends Each: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) diameter (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 245
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
9 December 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD BRACELETS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD BRACELETS HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C. Each formed from a hollow hoop overlapping at the ends, the inner surface flat from which rise long tongues, each with a single punched dot at the tip, the zone above dotted, a thin band of bead-and-reel above, the outer surface of the hoop unembellished but for each end where plain convex bands alternate with twin hatched bands, each terminal in the form of a lion head fashioned from sheet, with some details stippled, the lolling tongues and fangs inserted, the eyes detailed in blue enamel in circular frames, the cylindrical collars with bands of twisted wire tongues edged with beaded wire, each terminal joined to the hoop by a pin with a beaded loop and flattened ends Each: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) diameter (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 245
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
9 December 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
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