Description
This bracelet is made of tubular gold, with a simulated fastener of five ribs embossed on one side. It was bought ca. 1920 in Athens together with two others, now in Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, inv. 951.166.1-2. Very similar Byzantine bracelets are also in Washington DC, Dumbarton Oaks Museum, inv. 58.42 and Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, inv. Omega 100-101.

Bracelet
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
5/12/1977 | Treatment | other |
5/22/1984 | Treatment | cleaned |
Exhibitions
- Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
- Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. 1984-1987.
- Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987.
Provenance
Sale, Athens; Margaret Burg, England and Scarsdale, New York, ca. 1920, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1951, by purchase.
Credit
Museum purchase, 1951
Creator
- Byzantine (Artist)
Period
5th-7th century (Late Antique)Accession Number
57.1844Measurements
3 1/16 x 2 5/8 x 7/16 in. (7.7 x 6.6 x 1.1 cm)Geographies
- Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople) (Place of Origin)
- Greece (Place of Discovery)