BYZANTINE SILVER BRACELET WITH HEMISPHERES. Ca. AD 1100 - 1200. A silver bracelet with the outer surface featuring a repeating pattern of raised hemispherical bosses set within square panels. Each central boss is enclosed in a border of twisted wire, which forms loops at the corners. Smaller bosses are positioned above and below the central boss, filling the spaces between the wire loops. For similar see: Jenkins M. and Keene M., Islamic Jewellery in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, n. 37. Size: 80mm x 20mm; Weight: 40g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.