With provenance to a Soviet diplomat who acquired them in Vienna in 1967, they are estimated at €75,000 in Hermann Historica’s From Castles and Palaces auction at Castle Greding in Bavaria on September 25.
Hellenistic gold bracelets offered in Bavaria
This elegant pair of finely worked early Hellenistic gold bracelets featuring a rather sympathetic and graceful rendering of the snake-haired gorgon Medusa are believed to have been made by a courtly goldsmith workshop during the 4th-3rd century BC.