Details
A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN GOLD BRACELET
1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
The hoop composed of thick gold wire looped together to form an openwork pattern of circles, the intersections decorated with applied bosses, one of the circles enclosing a band of beaded gold wire surrounding a relief bust of a mummified deity, wearing disc headdress and beaded collars, the bandages represented by incised cross-hatching, holding a sceptre(?) in front
3 in. (7.7 cm.) diam. max.; weight 120 grams
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's London, 29 November 1965, lot 79; a gift to the present owner from her late husband, 1965.
Special notice
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