Wrist bracelet (obverse)

Ukraine. Silver. Embossing, forging, stamping, soldering, bluing, gilding
55 х 80, 55 х 77 mm, weight 45,2 g, 950°
The wrist bracelet consists of two halves connected with corrugated joints. On the edges there is a border of two parallel harnesses. Between the harnesses and arches there are stamped “pearls”. Each half is divided into three parts with columns made with coiled wire rods supporting arches made the same way (some rods are missing). There had been several rings attached to the arch junction, of which only two remain. Details and outlines of the pattern had been filled with niello (partially preserved). On the side arches there are side-view images of birds, while the central ones depict the “tree of life” and a man wearing sharp-headed hat and a short dress, holding a spear or a staff in his right hand and an unknown object under the left hand