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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GREEK GOLD BELT
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK GOLD BELT
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Formed from a sheet strap, with hatched ribs along the exterior, each end with a sheet collar embellished with a twisted wire filigree palmette framed above and below by bands of plain wire framing a beaded wire, with terminals in the form of coiled snakes, each head stippled, one terminal with five snakes, the other with four, a Greek inscription lightly incised on the interior
28 in. (71.1 cm.) long
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Formed from a sheet strap, with hatched ribs along the exterior, each end with a sheet collar embellished with a twisted wire filigree palmette framed above and below by bands of plain wire framing a beaded wire, with terminals in the form of coiled snakes, each head stippled, one terminal with five snakes, the other with four, a Greek inscription lightly incised on the interior
28 in. (71.1 cm.) long
Provenance
with Sumer Gallery, New York, 1996.
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