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Bracelet
1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: Bracelet
- Creator: Yosef Kohen (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: Yosef Kohen (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, gilding, possibly niello
- Inscriptions: [Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mansur; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Yosef Kohen
- Exhibitions: Diadem and Dagger: Jewish Artisans of Yemen. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2012-2013.
- Dimensions: Outer diam: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Inner diam: 1 15/16 x W: 1/2 in. (5 x 1.3 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: 57.2323
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