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Source Description
The chased bracelet is made of a larger (2/3) and a smaller piece (1/3) that together form a hollow ring. The design depicts four-leaf clovers, six on the larger piece and three on the smaller piece of the ring. The lower rim has twenty-two loops, each with a ring and a drop-shaped pendant. One pendant is missing. This bracelet and Walters 57.2318 are a pair, and may have been produced in the same workshop.On the inner side of the bracelet is an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler: al-Mahdi. The similarity to stamps of al-Mahdi al-"Abbas makes it likely that the pendants were produced under his reign from AH 1161 to 1189 (AD 1748-1775).In addition, a Hebrew inscription is engraved with the name of the silversmith: Kasil.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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80923
label
Bracelet
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
id
80923
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Bracelet
description
The chased bracelet is made of a larger (2/3) and a smaller piece (1/3) that together form a hollow ring. The design depicts four-leaf clovers, six on the larger piece and three on the smaller piece of the ring. The lower rim has twenty-two loops, each with a ring and a drop-shaped pendant. One pendant is missing. This bracelet and Walters 57.2318 are a pair, and may have been produced in the same workshop.On the inner side of the bracelet is an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler: al-Mahdi. The similarity to stamps of al-Mahdi al-"Abbas makes it likely that the pendants were produced under his reign from AH 1161 to 1189 (AD 1748-1775).In addition, a Hebrew inscription is engraved with the name of the silversmith: Kasil.
provenance
Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker [Zucker Family Trust] London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.
date
1161-1189 AH/AD 1748-1775
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
bracelets
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2
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2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Outer diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Inner diam: 1 13/16 x W: 9/16 in. (4.6 x 1.4 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mahdi; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Kasil
reign
Al-Mahdi al-Abbas (1161-1189 AH/AD 1748-1775)
RelatedObjects
80922
med
silver with gilding
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18951
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JWL
SAY
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3181
3562
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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