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Lot 135

A pair of gem-set enamelled gold ceremonial earrings (khros)
Morocco, 19th/ 20th Century
(2)

26 October 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £8,187.50 inc. premium

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A pair of gem-set enamelled gold ceremonial earrings (khros)
Morocco, 19th/ 20th Century

the circular bands tapering towards each end, both mounted with openwork rosette panels and further raised elements set with rubies, emeralds and pearls and decorated in polychrome enamel, two pendent floral elements decorated en suite linked by chains with hardstone beads
each 8.2 cm. diam.; 214 g. total weight(2)

Footnotes

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.

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