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Bracelet with niello decoration
Bracelet with niello decoration

Bracelet with niello decoration

11th–12th century
Medium/TechniqueSilver (93.5% silver, 4.7% copper, 1.1% gold, .7% lead) with niello decoration
DimensionsOverall: 3.7 cm (1 7/16in.)
Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4in.)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund
Accession number59.720
On View
On view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1956, private collection, Paris [see note 1]. 1959, J. J. Klejman (dealer; b. 1906 - d. 1995), New York; 1959, sold by Klejman to the MFA for $900. (Accession Date: November 12, 1959)

Notes:
[1] Published by Marvin C. Ross, "An Emperor's Gift - and Notes on Byzantine Silver Jewelry of the Middle Period," Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 19/20 (1956-1957): 31, fig. 11.


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