SULAYMANIYE BELT BUCKLE
SULAYMANIYE BELT BUCKLE

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

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SULAYMANIYE BELT BUCKLE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
The two sections each slightly convex and set within a copper mount with hook, the pink surface decorated with floral sprays surrounded by gilt floral garlands
6 7/8in.(17.3cm.)

Lot Essay

Our belt buckle presents all the characteristic of Suleymaniye work with its soft pastel colours and precise small floral motifs. Ottoman enamel workshops produced a number of dishes, belt buckles, snuff boxes and bowls decorated in colours with delicate floral sprays. The style became to be known as Suleymaniye after the location of the workshops which were concentrated around the eponymous mosque in Istanbul.

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