A MIDDLE BYZANTINE OR ISLAMIC GOLD BEAD NECKLACE CIRCA 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D. With seventeen beads composed of gold sheet cut out to form a openwork designs embellished by filigree and granulation, some with circles with cruciform motifs and some with circles within circles, round and oval bezels vertically between, now set with turquoise and blue glass, interspersed with turquoise beads; strung with a modern hook-and-loop closure Islamic jewelry

A MIDDLE BYZANTINE OR ISLAMIC GOLD BEAD NECKLACE CIRCA 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D. With seventeen beads composed of gold sheet cut out to form a openwork designs embellished by filigree and granulation, some with circles with cruciform motifs and some with circles within circles, round and oval bezels vertically between, now set with turquoise and blue glass, interspersed with turquoise beads; strung with a modern hook-and-loop closure