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.