FEZ, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A MOROCCAN GEMSET GOLD BRACELET (KHLKHLA)
FEZ, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The gold flat band hinged in the centre and expanding into two large lobed panels near the pin clasp, the surface very finely carved with scrolling motifs, the large panels each with a prominent raised circular panel set with a band of rose-cut diamonds around a cabochon emerald, the settings bright-cut, the shanks each with a small inset ruby, the pin attached by chains with heart and "hand of Fatima" pendants, Moroccan hallmarks
3 1/8in. (7.8cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

This bracelet is of a very traditional form which is found worked in various different techniques. An example of similar workmanship to the present example, but with considerably smaller stones, is in a private collection (Maroc, les trésors du royaume, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1999, no.325, p.187), while a pair worked in filigree and dated 1879 is in the Musée des Oudaias, Rabat (Francis Ramirez and Christian Rolot. Bijoux du Maroc, la Beauté des Diables, Courbevoie (Paris), 2002, p. 255). A silver bracelet of the same form but with enamelled decoration is in the Linden Museum, Stuttgart (Rachel Hasson, Later Islamic Jewellery, L.A. Mayer Memorial Institute for Islamic Art, Jerusalem, 1987, no.91, p.70).

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