17 juillet 2025
Gold bracelet in the form of a snake, Greek, Ptolemaic, ca. 300–250 BCE
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Gold bracelet in the form of a snake, Greek, Ptolemaic, ca. 300–250 BCE. Gold, 8.5 cm. Gift of Norbert Schimmel, 1988.22. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
This massive bracelet or armlet is cast in solid gold. The scales and details of the snake's head were chased after casting.
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