PROBABLY FEZ, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A MOROCCAN GEMSET AND ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT (TAZRA)
PROBABLY FEZ, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The locket of pointed oval form, the front with five emeralds inset in a cruciform formation on a ground of enamelled decoration, hinged at the side, the reverse with enamelled geometric decoration surrounding a central floral motif, added suspension loop above, suspended on multiple seed-pearl strands
2¼in. (5.8cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Similarly laid-out inset stones and enamelling are found on a necklace in a private collection in Morocco (Abderrahman Slaoui, Parures en Or du Maroc, Casablanca, 1999, pp.112-3; also Maroc, les trésors du royaume, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1999, no.325, p187). Two similar examples were also noted by Jean Besancenot, (Bijoux arabes et berbères du Maroc, Casablanca, 1953, nos.27-28, pl.IX).

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