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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 loops, each with a ring and a ball-shaped, hollow dangle. One ring has lost its ball.On the inner side of the bracelet is an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler: al- Mansur. Al-Mansur Ali I ruled from AH 1189 to 1224 (AD 1775-1809).An engraved Hebrew inscription names the silversmith: Yosef Kohen.
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Document identity
localId
80927
label
Bracelet
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
80927
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
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 loops, each with a ring and a ball-shaped, hollow dangle. One ring has lost its ball.On the inner side of the bracelet is an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler: al- Mansur. Al-Mansur Ali I ruled from AH 1189 to 1224 (AD 1775-1809).An engraved Hebrew inscription names the silversmith: Yosef Kohen.
provenance
Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker [Zucker Family Trust] London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.
date
1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
bracelets
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Outer diam: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Inner diam: 1 15/16 x W: 1/2 in. (5 x 1.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mansur; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Yosef Kohen
reign
Al-Mansur 'Ali (1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809)
med
silver, gilding, possibly niello
creator_ids
18961
collection_ids
JWL
SAY
exhibition_ids
3181
3562
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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no
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no