Pair of crescent-shaped fibulas "hillal" · Tunisia · ID: 3049828

Name: Pair of crescent-shaped fibulas "hillal"
SKU: 3049828
Price: 320 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 320

Provenance

Dietrich von Reininghaus (1918-1993), Munich, Germany

Size

M: 15,5 cm x 14,5 cm

G: 260 g

M: 6.1 inch x 5.7 inch

G: 260 g

Description

silver,

Very finely engraved fibulas of high quality !

The combination of floral ornaments with bird and fish motifs is characteristic of Tunisian jewellery objects. Doves symbolising love, fish symbolising prosperity. Crescent fibulas of this type are also frequently found in Libya.

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