Bracelet
Bracelet
Place of OriginPossibly Syria
Dateabout 7th-9th century
DimensionsDiam: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
MediumComposite mosaic glass.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2102
Not on View
DescriptionLarge ridged bracelet of dark blue glass, with prefabricated twisted yellow/orange cord around outer circumference and three short strips of aqua glass along inner edge.
Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, "Glass as Jewels: An Uneasy Relationship", in GlassWear: Glass in Contemporary Jewelry, Stuttgart, Arnoldsche, 2007, p. 51, fig. 3, p. 52 (col.).
Early Arabic period, 7th-10th century CE
Early Arabic period, 6th-10th century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
about 7th-9th century
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early Arabic period, 7th-10th century CE
Early Arabic period, 6th-10th century CE
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