These elaborately decorated bracelets have richly jeweled exteriors and finely detailed opus interrasile patterns on their interiors. The luminous beauty of pearls was highly prized in the Byzantine world.
Found near Assiut, Egypt (?); [ Maurice Nahman, Cairo (sold 1912)]; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (1912–1913)
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