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| Keywords: Sulayman Kassar - Buckle of a Girdle - Walters 572328.jpg The front of the arc-shaped buckle is decorated with a very fine chased design of arabesques tendrils and leaves; at the outer border has a design of alternating rhombic and ring-shaped elements The hole through the back was used to attach the buckle to the girdle The back is blank but has an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler and the date al-Mansur 1189 Imam al-Mansur Ali I ruled from AH 1189 to 1224 AD 1775-1809 An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith Sulayman Kassar siyyur islamic 1775 1189 silver with gilding cm 9 6 2 accession number 57 2328 80935 Mr Benjamin Zucker Zucker Family Trust and Mr Derek Content New York and London by purchase Walters Art Museum Joint gift to the Walters Art Museum Baltimore and the Israel Museum Jerusalem by Mr Benjamin Zucker and Mr Derek Content in honor of Mrs Barbara Zucker and Mrs Amanda Content 2010 Stamp Arabic al-Mansur 1189 AH Engraving Hebrew Sulayman Kassar siyyur place of origin Yemen Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Sulayman Kassar Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
