Sa - Bracelet - Walters 572322 - View B
Summary
The cast bracelet is made of a larger (2/3) and a smaller part (1/3), and is
decorated with small discs and a burled rosettes, and a bead-molded band on the upper and lower rim. On the lower rim are twenty loops with rings and drop-shaped pendants. Three more loops are broken off.
On the inner side of the bracelet is an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler and part of the date: al-Mansur 11xx. Al-Mansur Ali I ruled from AH 1189 to 1224 (AD 1775-1809).
An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith: Sa'id ha-Lewi.
Tags
Date
1809
Source
Walters Art Museum
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