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Bracelet
1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: Bracelet
- Creator: SaΓÇÖid ha-Lewi (Yemeni, active ca. 1775-1809)
- Date Created: 1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Silversmith: SaΓÇÖid ha-Lewi (Yemeni, active ca. 1775-1809)
- Reign: Al-Mansur 'Ali (1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809)
- Provenance: Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker [Zucker Family Trust] London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.
- Object Type: bracelets
- Medium: silver with gilding
- Inscriptions: [Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mansur 11xx; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Sa'id ha-Lewi
- Exhibitions: Diadem and Dagger: Jewish Artisans of Yemen. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2012-2013.
- Dimensions: Outer diam: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Inner diam: 2 x W: 3/8 in. (5.1 x 1 cm)
- Credit Line: Joint gift to the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker in honor of Mrs. Amanda Content and Mrs. Barbara Zucker, 2010
- Classification: Gold, Silver & Jewelry
- Accession Number: 57.2322
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