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Serpent
Leopoldo Franciolini
18th century (?)

Serpent in C
Thomas Key
ca. 1840

Serpent Forveille in B-flat
Forveille
ca. 1825

Nymph drying her hair
Louis Claude Vassé
1761–63

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

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

Serpent in C
W. Schmidt
ca. 1805

Upright Serpent

Unknown

ca. 1820

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

Upright Serpent in D
Italian
ca. 1810–20

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

Serpent
Unknown
ca. 1810

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

Serpent
French
ca. 1810

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

Serpent in C
British
early 19th century

Standing Monkey Amulet
664–332 B.C.

Serpent-head amulet

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Serpent
C. Baudouin
ca. 1820

Serpent
possibly Italian
17th century (?)

Cat Killing a Serpent
Charles K. Wilkinson
A.D. 1920–1921; original ca. 1295–1213 B.C.