Antiker Glasarmreif mit polychromer Verzierung
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0579GL19
| Object: | Polychrome glass bracelet |
| Material: | Whitish glass. Coloured glass paste on the outside. |
| Dimensions: | Diameter 74mm outside, 64mm inside. 10mm height. |
| Find spot: | Eastern Mediterranean. |
| Period: | 1st cent. AD to 11th cent. AD. Roman to Byzantine period. |
| Condition: | Perfect condition, only slightly worn surface. |
| Beschreibung: | Bracelet from antiquity to late antiquity. Such types were used as a votive offering, but also for actual wear (cf. Cantz, Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval Glass). This glass bracelet made in a technique without visible joint. Body of white glass with elaborate polychrome design made from glass paste on the outside. Stripes of red and yellow, next to a band of black glass paste. Traces of actual wear on the inside propose that this bracelet was not solely used as a votive offering. |
| Literature: | Th. E. Haevernick, Antike Glasarmringe und ihre Herstellung. Glastechnische Berichte 25 (1952), pages 212ff. M. Korfmann, Zur Herstellung nahtloser Glasringe, BJb 166 (1966), pages 48ff. |
| Provenance: | Probably found in the eastern Mediterranean. From a large collection of ancient glass bracelets, auctioned off in 2009. |
| Authenticity: | All our objects are guaranteed to be authentic and come with a lifetime return policy on this matter. |