Publication Place
Iran (made) Afghanistan (made) -
Subject
Jewellery
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 6.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
ME.46:1&2-2019
Record ID
ME.46:1&2-2019
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Silver and fire-gilded earrings
Tarihsel bağlam
Worn by Turkmen tribal women.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silver and partial fire-gilding
Parçalar
Earring, Earring
Fiziksel açıklama
Circular silver wire earrings with a semi-circular loop rising from a dragon's mouth on the right hand side and terminating on the other side with a small loop which would have be fastened with the thread to the oval loop emanating from another dragon's mouth. The lower half of each earring has a row of hollow silver balls connected by silver flanges which bisect each ball which in turn are attached to the flattened lower part of the ring. A scalloped-edged sheet of silver fills the lower part of the circle and is decorated with a number of fire-gilded silver sheet appliqués in various shapes, which have been stamped ina matrix.
Üretim
Made for the Yomut Turkmen tribe either in Iran or Afghanistan
