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LOT 0367

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,388

BYZANTINE GOLD OPENWORK BRACELET PAIR
11TH-12TH CENTURY AD
2 1/4" (28 grams total, 53-54mm).

A matched pair of bracelets, each formed as three pelletted bands joined by two openwork bands with continuous loops of filigree; ribbed rectangular plaques forming the hinge closure with separate linchpin. [2]

PROVENANCE:
From an important North London collection formed before 1980.

LITERATURE:
Cf. hinge clasps in Entwistle, C. & Adams, N. Intelligible Beauty, Recent Research into Byzantine Jewellery, London, 2010, plates 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26; Christies (London). 2 April 2014, lot 198.

CONDITION