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Winged serpent with the cartouches of Ramesses III
ca. 1184–1153 B.C.

Serpent
possibly Italian
17th century (?)

Serpent-head amulet

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

English Bass Horn in B-flat
Frederick Pace
ca. 1835

Serpent
Leopoldo Franciolini
18th century (?)

Upright Serpent in D
Italian
ca. 1810–20

Wedjat Plaque; on opposite side Maat, Re, Upper and Lower Egyptian serpents over nub sign
664–332 B.C.

"Russian Bassoon" (Bass Horn)
probably French
early 19th Century

Lid (?) with a serpent
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE

Gold ring set with garnets and amethysts
Greek
2nd century BCE

Nymph drying her hair
Louis Claude Vassé
1761–63

Upright Serpent

Unknown

ca. 1820