Lot Essay
A filigree gold buckle of cusped palmette outline and very similar workmanship to the present earrings is in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, inv. no. 1174J.
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PROBABLY ANATOLIA, 15TH-17TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF LARGE GOLD EARRINGS
PROBABLY ANATOLIA, 15TH-17TH CENTURY
Each formed around a thick gold wire circle, the lower part supporting an openwork stylised palmette, the surface granulated and further inlaid with four seed-pearls around a central turquoise, the low crescent panel with similar decoration and inset stones, a band of wirework hemispherical sockets along the lower edge, a similar spherical element above a similar floral collar at the clasp. the reverse of each inset stone also with a wirework hemispherical socket, very slight damages, inset stones possibly replaced
1.7/8in. (4.7cm.) across (2)
PROBABLY ANATOLIA, 15TH-17TH CENTURY
Each formed around a thick gold wire circle, the lower part supporting an openwork stylised palmette, the surface granulated and further inlaid with four seed-pearls around a central turquoise, the low crescent panel with similar decoration and inset stones, a band of wirework hemispherical sockets along the lower edge, a similar spherical element above a similar floral collar at the clasp. the reverse of each inset stone also with a wirework hemispherical socket, very slight damages, inset stones possibly replaced
1.7/8in. (4.7cm.) across (2)