Thracian Silver Bracelet Pair
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Each composed of a penannular body with stylised snake head terminals; each accompanied by a custom-made display stand. Cf. Constantinescu, B., Bugoi, R., Cojocaru, V., Niculescu, Gh., Oberlaender–Tarnoveanu, E., Radtke, M., 'The Sarmizegetusa bracelets' in Antiquity, 84 (326), p.1028–1042, fig.8.52.4 grams total, 64 mm each (119 grams total, 82 mm high including stand) (2 1/2 in. (3 1/4 in.)). UK art market, 2000s. The bracelets belong to the type with zoomorphic terminals, probably representing snake’s heads or dragons emerging from flat rectangular strips with incised decoration and continued as lobed bodies resembling stylised palm leaves or palmettes. This Thracian tradition is attested in the ancient kingdom of Dacia. [2]