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Bracelet
The chased bracelet is made of a larger (2/3) and a smaller piece (1/3) that together form a hollow ring, which is held together by a clasp. The design depicts fourleaf clovers, six on the larger piece and three on the smaller piece of the ring. The lower rim has twenty-two loops, each with a ring - twenty with three-dimensional drop-shaped pendants, one with a two dimensional drop-shaped pendant, and one with a rosette-shaped pendant.
The inside of the bracelet has an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler: al-Mahdi. The similarity to stamps of al-Mahdi al-"Abbas makes it likely that the pendants were
produced under his reign from AH 1161-1189 (AD 1748-1775).
In addition, the name of the silversmith is engraved in Hebrew: xxx "Iraqi. The first name is lost but the supplement "Iraqi clarifies that he or his family came from originally from Iraq.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker [Zucker Family Trust] London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2016-2017 | Treasures of Yemenite Silverwork. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Jerusalem. |
| 2012-2013 | Diadem and Dagger: Jewish Artisans of Yemen. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 10/15/2012 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Yemen (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Outer diam: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Inner diam: 1 7/8 x W: 13/16 in. (4.8 x 2.1 cm)
Credit Line
Joint gift to the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker in honor of Mrs. Amanda Content and Mrs. Barbara Zucker, 2010
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.2318
