Zemanek-Münster

Mixed lot of jewellery

Arabian peninsula, Jemen
sold EUR 350
Provenance
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Description

eight-part,

a) amulet container “hirz”, silver, hollow-worked, with filigree granulée
l: 15.5 cm, d: 4.6 cm, weight: 187 g

b) pectoral “laba”, Sana’a, Saada, Rayma, filigree silver elements, old threading, sewn on red textile, h: 12.5 cm, w: 23 cm, weight: 289 g

c) forehead jewellery of a bride “nŭnah”, Sana’a area, with Maria Theresa thaler and silver discs with attached red ceramic and silver beads, sewn on leather, h: 9 cm, w: 7.5 (without leather strap), weight: 65 g; an old worn object !

d) five small rings, silver, cast and granulated, two with red ceramic cabochon, h: approx. 3.5 cm each; l: approx. 2.5 cm, weight: 45 g (total)


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