South Italian Gold Bracelet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2011

Title: Gold bracelet

Medium; Technique: Gold, copper

Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine

Period: Hellenistic

Date: ca. 300 B.C.

Dimensions: Overall: 2 15/16 x 2 5/8 in. (7.5 x 6.7 cm)

Classification: Gold and Silver

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924

Accession Number: 24.97.121

Description

The bracelet is formed of sheet gold over a copper alloy core and is decorated with terminals in the form of lions'-heads fastened together by gold-wire snakes. It is a highly ornate and attractive form of jewelry that was much liked by the well-to-do Greeks living in South Italy.

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