VIKING PERIOD SILVER BRACELET WITH PHYTOMORPHIC DECORATION

Ca. AD 700 - 900. A broad silver cuff bracelet decorated in low relief with a continuous phytomorphic scroll of S-shaped tendrils within beaded borders, the ground finely stippled. For similar decoration see: M. Jenkins, M. Keene, The Islamic Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cat. 19. Size: 55mm x 50mm; Weight: 20g Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the London art market; formerly in the private collection of D. Ruskin, Oxford, 1990s.