
Matthew Thomas
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Sold for £8,187.50 inc. premium
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These earrings were intended to be hung from a woman's headdress decorating the area around the ears. The form originated in Spain and was worn by both Muslim and Jewish women in cities such as Fez, Tetuan and Tangiers. For a similar pair in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see M. Jenkins and M. Keene Islamic Jewellery in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, p. 136, no. 367. Another similar pair was sold at Sotheby's Islamic Art, 16 October 1997, lot 53.