Glasspoppy

theancientworld:

Pair of armbands, Hellenistic, ca. 200 b.c.
Greek
Gold

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 1/2 ounces) would have caused them to slip down the arms.

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