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| Keywords: Yahya Tayyib - Buckle of a Girdle - Walters 572326 - Back.jpg The front of the arch-shaped buckle is decorated with in filigree technique with spiral and tendril arabesques as well as small rosette-shaped granulation clusters; at the center of the decoration is a large eight-leaf rosette A small perforation was used to attach the buckle to the girdle The back is blank except an Arabic stamp with name and date of the ruler al-Mansur 11xx The stamp belongs to Imam al-Mansur al-Husayn who lived from AH 1139 to 1161 AD 1727-1748 An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith Yahya Tayyib siyyur 1139-1161 AH/AD 1727-1748 silver with gilding cm 8 8 6 1 accession number 57 2326 80933 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 11xx Engraving Hebrew Yahya Tayyib siyyur place of origin Yemen Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Yahya Tayyib Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
