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Belt Fitting
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 (?).
Inscription
Provenance
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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. |
Geographies
Yemen (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 7/16 x W: 2 3/8 in. (8.8 x 6.1 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
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.2326