A MOROCCAN EMERALD AND RUBY-INSET GOLD NECKLACE (LEBBA) AND EARRINGS
A MOROCCAN EMERALD AND RUBY-INSET GOLD NECKLACE (LEBBA) AND EARRINGS

FEZ, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A MOROCCAN EMERALD AND RUBY-INSET GOLD NECKLACE (LEBBA) AND EARRINGS
FEZ, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The necklace formed of melon-fluted gold beads and nine suspended multiple pendants, each with a central rosette panel, upper palmette panel and lower crescent pendant, each panel inset with a central emerald surrounded by concentric bands of small rubies, attachment rope, the earrings similar with central rosette panel between upper palmette and lower crescent, all similarly decorated
Necklace 13¾in. (34.9cm.); earrings 4¼in. (10.5cm.) long

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Lot Essay

Other lebbas were sold through these Rooms, 5 October 2010, lot 391; and 17 April 2007, lot 324. See lot 391 for a further discussion on the form of the lebba.

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