12th century AD. A silver girdle or chain-belt comprising nine domes and six dome clusters; the domes mostly hollow with an open reverse, twisted wire rim, apical cell with wire collar and inset glass cabochon; the clusters each a group of four domes with double twisted wire rim, apical knop with wire collar, most with panel to the reverse; joined by connecting loops and rings, the central dome flanked by a pair of links formed as two groups of vertically aligned ribbed tubes; nearly complete and mounted on a custom-made display stand. 734 grams total, 70.5cm including stand (27 3/4"). From a private New York collection; previously on the German art market; formerly in a private European collection, since the 1990s; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10378-169020.