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Belt Buckle
This belt buckle would have been worn by a member of the Qajar court (1789–1925). In this period, both men and women of the court would have been similarly adorned in densely jeweled and colorfully enameled objects, especially for celebrations such as Nowruz.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2006-2009 | Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1987-1988 | Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran. The Textile Museum, Washington; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/29/1981 | Examination | examined for technical study |
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
D: 2 3/8 × diam: 1 3/16 in. (6.1 × 3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912
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.
57.882