Publication Place
Afghanistan (made) -
Subject
Jewellery
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 38.5cm, Jhumka length: 9.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
ME.43-2019
Record ID
ME.43-2019
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Pair of silver and coral earrings with linking chains
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silver wirework, granulation, and knitted chain with coral
Fiziksel açıklama
The pair of silver bell shaped, ( jhumka ) earrings has a linking knitted silver chain in three parts with pendant rhombus-shaped capsules. The earrings are decorated with triangular blocks of flattened granulation on the jhumka with a fringe of open wirework from which hang small coral beads with granulated terminals threaded on wrapped wire and chain links. The jhumkas hang from a hollow arched boxes outlined in granulation and set with a central coral stone with four loops on the lower edge to support the jhumkas , the linking chain and more flanking pendant coral beads on wrapped wire, probably originally paired on each side, but now largely missing.
