Yosef Kohen - Bracelet - Walters 572323 - View B
Summary
The chased bracelet is made of a larger (2/3) and a smaller piece (1/3) that
together form a hollow ring. The design depicts four-leaf clovers, six on the larger piece and three on the smaller piece of the ring. The lower rim has twenty loops, each with a ring and a ball-shaped, hollow dangle. One ring has lost its ball.
On the inner side of the bracelet is an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler: al-
Mansur. Al-Mansur Ali I ruled from AH 1189 to 1224 (AD 1775-1809).
An engraved Hebrew inscription names the silversmith: Yosef Kohen.
Tags
Date
1809
Source
Walters Art Museum
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