PROBABLY SYRIA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

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A FATIMID TURQUOISE INSET GOLD BRACELET
PROBABLY SYRIA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
The band formed of spiralling gold wire thickening in the middle, each heart-shaped terminal with granulated decoration around the edges, the centre with an inset turquoise, further large granulated elements at the apex
3 1/8in. (8cm.) diam.

來源

Acquired in 1975

出版

Antiken Aus Dem Oestlichen Mittelmeerraum, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zürich, no. 21

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍場告示

Please note that the lot has been published in Antiken Aus Dem Oestlichen Mittelmeerraum, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, no. 21

拍品專文

While not as immediately typical of Fatimid jewellery as the preceding lot, it is probable that this bracelet also comes from a similar origin. Simpler silver and silver-gilt examples of the same form have been excavated in a wide area, notably Tiberias, but also in sites in Southern Russia (Hasson, Rachel: Early Islamic Jewellery, Jerusalem, 1987, no.90, p.73). The band of the present bracelet is also similar to another example from the Harari Collection (Hasson, op.cit, no.92, p.74).