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Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,952
5TH-6TH CENTURY AD
3 1/4" (74 grams, 79mm overall).
A sheet gold bracelet with openwork band, false hinge, discoid plaque; the band with incised crescents to the borders, openwork symmetrical frieze of a regardant peacock with tail fanned, roundel with reserved cross botonny, lion with raised tail advancing towards a hatched crescent; false hinge with granulated pin; raised discoid boss with pellets to the openwork sidewall, chamfered central openwork panel with cross botonny surrounded by radiating arcs, four discs to the band.
PROVENANCE:
Property of a London gentleman; acquired 1995. Accompanied by a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate.
PUBLISHED:
Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Ross M.C. Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, item 183 for type.
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