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Source Description
These elements once formed different pieces of jewelry, including earrings, a pendant, hair adornments, a clasp, and possibly a belt. Some of them originally were set with gems and inlaid with colored enamel. They are part of one of the most important groups of jewelry surviving from al-Andalus, or Muslim Spain.
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Document identity
localId
17639
label
Gold Jewelry Elements
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
17639
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Gold Jewelry Elements
description
These elements once formed different pieces of jewelry, including earrings, a pendant, hair adornments, a clasp, and possibly a belt. Some of them originally were set with gems and inlaid with colored enamel. They are part of one of the most important groups of jewelry surviving from al-Andalus, or Muslim Spain.
provenance
[Said to have been found at Madinat al-Zahra, near Cordova]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 10th-early 11th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
jewelry
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12
height
35.5
depth
1.5
dimensionsRaw
Installation H: 4 3/4 x W: 14 x D: 9/16 in. (12 x 35.5 x 1.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Hispano-Moresque
med
gold, gemstones, traces of enamel
creator_ids
15447
collection_ids
ISL
JWL
exhibition_ids
329
2513
3040
3581
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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c46b69373e3d4b21
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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6d481d775b2d3e04
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no
hasDescription
no