ancientpeoples:Pair of gold armbandsHellenistic Greek, ca. 200 B.C.These imposing serpentine armband
ancientpeoples:Pair of gold armbandsHellenistic Greek, ca. 200 B.C.These imposing serpentine armbands represent two tritons, male and female, each holding a small winged Eros. The hoops behind the tritons’ heads were used to attach the armbands to the sleeves of a garment, for otherwise, their weight (each over 6 ½ ounces) would have caused them to slip down the arms.From the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- source link
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