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| Keywords: Yemeni - Buckle of a Girdle - Walters 572331.jpg The front of the arc-shaped buckle is chased and worked in a perforated style with a central medallion and tendrils around it The outer frame combines four-leafed rosettes and leaf-shaped elements The central medallion and the outer border are executed in niello technique The inner border section contains five ring-shaped elements with cross- and leaf-shaped decoration The hole through the back still has the ring and the clasp preserved The back has an Arabic stamp with the name of a ruler and a date which has not yet been deciphered ca 1800 silver with niello and gilding cm 7 1 5 6 accession number 57 2331 80938 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 place of origin Wadi Hadramaut Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Yemen Yemen in the 19th century Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
