Byzantine Gold Armlet with Mother of Pearl and Garnets
Byzantine Gold Armlet with Mother of Pearl and Garnets 11th-12th century AD
A Byzantine or possibly Fatimid gold armlet with ribbed hollow-form D-section shank tapering towards the discoid bezel, triangular collars with filigree granulation to the finials; the bezel a sheet gold disc with granulated chevron border, above a hollow medallion with ribbed outer edge, each rib interspersed with a single granule to the upper face; two crescentic mother of pearl inserts flanking the central band set with two teardrop-shaped garnets and a central iridescent glass insert, each with a granulated border. 27.28 grams, 91mm (3 1/2"). Very fine condition.
Provenance
Property of a London lady, part of her family's Swiss collection; formerly acquired in the 1980s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.160611/01/09/2020.
Literature
See National Museum of Asian Art, accession no.F1948.25, for a similar type; see also The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.58.37, for type; see also Price, J., Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry. Exquisite Objects from the Cradle of Civilization, Philadelphia, 2008, p.107, for type.
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Byzantine Gold Armlet with Mother of Pearl and Garnets 11th-12th century AD
A Byzantine or possibly Fatimid gold armlet with ribbed hollow-form D-section shank tapering towards the discoid bezel, triangular collars with filigree granulation to the finials; the bezel a sheet gold disc with granulated chevron border, above a hollow medallion with ribbed outer edge, each rib interspersed with a single granule to the upper face; two crescentic mother of pearl inserts flanking the central band set with two teardrop-shaped garnets and a central iridescent glass insert, each with a granulated border. 27.28 grams, 91mm (3 1/2"). Very fine condition.
Provenance
Property of a London lady, part of her family's Swiss collection; formerly acquired in the 1980s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.160611/01/09/2020.
Literature
See National Museum of Asian Art, accession no.F1948.25, for a similar type; see also The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.58.37, for type; see also Price, J., Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry. Exquisite Objects from the Cradle of Civilization, Philadelphia, 2008, p.107, for type.
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