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BUKHARA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
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A Gilt Silver and Inlaid Pectoral Plate**
Bukhara, 19th/20th Century
In the form of a stylized bird, hollow with hinged top and suspended on chainlinks with pendants, with fine filigree overall, inlaid with carnelian, turquoise, and hardstones, with similarly decorated hanging pendants terminating in openwork orbs, with chains attached to wing area topped with a coral bead, the front gilt and silver on reverse
Approximately 48 in. (121.8 cm.) high
Bukhara, 19th/20th Century
In the form of a stylized bird, hollow with hinged top and suspended on chainlinks with pendants, with fine filigree overall, inlaid with carnelian, turquoise, and hardstones, with similarly decorated hanging pendants terminating in openwork orbs, with chains attached to wing area topped with a coral bead, the front gilt and silver on reverse
Approximately 48 in. (121.8 cm.) high