Ancient Greek Silver Solid Bracelet with snake heads. 5,7 cm Diameter. Perfect and nice.

Bracelet with snake heads Ancient Greek, Archaic period, 5th - 4th century BC Solid silver Diameter 5,7 cm PROVENANCE: Private collection of Tennessee, USA. Ex. Taizei Gallery, November 1992, lot 109. CONDITION: Intact. - stand display included - DESCRIPTION: A solid silver circular bracelet without a closure. Both ends of the piece are modelled in the form of snake heads. Given the period and the style of the production, these reptiles are most probably cobras, royal emblems of Ancient Egypt. The detailed work on the eyes, the mouths and the scales of the creatures is quite lifelike. Since antiquity the world of jewellery has had a close relationship to a determined status. Both men and women enjoyed being surrounded by luxury and enjoyed the use of precious stones and metals. However, while men introduced these into their life in general, for example, in the decoration of their houses, women were the only ones to wear adornments. The only exception in the case of men was that they did wear rings. Roman jewellery reached heights of invention never seen before and never surpassed until the Renaissance. Imperial Rome was the world centre for jewellery and great quantities of precious stones and materials were imported for use in this field. Notes: The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki. The piece includes authenticity certificate. The piece includes Spanish Export License (Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested. This process could take between 1 and 2 months.