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Culture: NEAR EASTERN.
Date: 6th - 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Origin: ACHAEMENID.
Material: BRONZE.
Provenance: EX: EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION.
Condition: INTACT, SUPERB, WEARABLE.
Measurements: 3.7 INCHES IN DIAMETER, (9.2 CMS) FROM THE OUTSIDE, 3.2 INCHES IN DIAMETER, FROM THE INSIDE, (8 CMS).
The terminals end with two confronting serpent heads. A very rare variety.
Cf: For related examples see lot 397, Sotheby's New York Antiquities, 17 December 1996, see also lot 91 (in gold), Christie's New York Ancient Jewelry Auction, 9 December 2004. Also, Cat. no. 29, pp. 40/41, (in calf heads), Animals in Ancient Art, From The Leo Mildenberg Collection, Kozloff.
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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