Jeweled Bracelet (one of pair)
Unknown
500–700 · Gold, silver, pearls, amethyst, sapphire, glass, quartz · Medieval Art
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.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 500–700
- Medium
- Gold, silver, pearls, amethyst, sapphire, glass, quartz
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
