Sale 5505
Paris
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18 December 2007
Price realised
EUR 1,500
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
CINQ FIBULES DONT UNE PAIRE MOYEN ATLAS, MEKNES, FIN DU XVIIIEME-DEBUT DU XIXEME SIECLE En argent et argent partiellement doré, deux à décor ciselé, moulé et gravé, ornées chacune de cinq rondeaux en relief, deux autres à décor recto-verso, floral et cabochons et une de forme en mandorle, les trois poinçonnées à Meknès en 1210H./1795 et 1220H./1805, la dernière non datée Hauteur de la plus grande: 17 cm. (7¾ in.) (5)
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Literature
RABATE Marie-Rose et GOLDENBERG André, Bijoux du Maroc, Edisud, Aix-en-Provence, 1999, p.160, ill.1 et p.162
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