Bidspirit auction | ISLAMIC MULTICOLOURED UMMAYD BANGLE

ISLAMIC MULTICOLOURED UMMAYD BANGLE - Ca. AD 600 - 800. A stunning Umayyad glass bracelet, composed of a thick band of dark green glass with alternating yellow and orange insets. Very attractive coloring and traces of iridescence in green, purple, blue and red. For similar see: Maud Spaer, Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum, Beads and Other Small Objects, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2001. Size: 95mm x 96mm; Weight: 92g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired from Artemission.