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Gemstones: Turquoise

Egyptian Lotus Ring

Egyptian Lotus Ring

Egyptian, New Kingdom
decorated with lotus flowers & baguettes
Gold, lapis, turquoise & carnelian
The Louvre

Source link (could not find anywhere in the English catalog of the Louvre?)
— via Pinterest

Filed Under: Ancient, Rings Tagged With: carnelian, Egyptian, gold, lapis lazuli, turquoise

Egyptian Revival Scarab Brooch

An Egyptian Revival Gold and Scarab Brooch

An Egyptian Revival Gold and Scarab Brooch
[nothing further known, no source?]

Filed Under: Brooches & Pins, Revival Tagged With: Egyptian, Egyptian faience, gold, turquoise

Persian Turquoise Bangle

Persian turquoise bracelet

A Seljuk turquoise-set gold Bangle
Persia, 12th Century

The ridged, triangular section box-construction shank terminating in a double lion-head clasp and two set oval turquoises, the pyramidic bezel set with a glass rectangle and flanked by two set circular turquoises, a pin fitting at the base of the bezel, the shanks decorated with raised quatrefoils flanked by inscription-filled cartouches, all edges with granular decoration.

Inscriptions: repeat of al-‘izz al-da’im wa al-iqbal wa al-dawlat wa …., ‘Perpetual Glory and Prosperity and Wealth and …’

For a similar bangle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see M. Jenkins and M. Keene, Islamic Jewellery, New York, 1982, no. 25; for a pair of bangles, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 24th April 2002, lot 325; and for a pair of bangles made for a child, see Christie’s, Islamic Art and Indian Miniatures, 28th April 1998, lot 363).

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Filed Under: Bracelets, Medieval Tagged With: glass, gold, granulation, turquoise

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