Bracelet with Grapevine Pattern

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late 6th–early 7th century · Gold - sheet, rod; engraved; wire - plain, beaded; granulation; strip - triangular sectioned. · Medieval Art

Heavy, rigid gold bracelets like this pair are opened by the pins S beside the medallions at their centers. The grapevines decorating these bracelets were made by attaching small gold sheets worked as leaves and triangular groups of grapes to thick gold wires.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 6th–early 7th century

Medium

Gold - sheet, rod; engraved; wire - plain, beaded; granulation; strip - triangular sectioned.

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917