A GOLD BRACELET
PROBABLY SYRIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Constructed of solid twisted gold with a minor band of twisted gold wire wrapped around it, the terminals of gold sheet with repouss rosettes and roundels, light surface scratches
3.3/8in. (8.3cm.) across
Lot Essay
A similar silver bracelet, attributed to Syria of the 11th-13th centuries is in the L A Mayer Museum, Jerusalem (Hasson, Rachel: Early Islamic Jewellery, Jerusalem, 1987, no.91, p.74)