Mixed lot (8 items), North Africa: 2 pairs of bangles and 2 pairs of earrings. All 8 items made of good silver.
Mixed lot (8 items), North Africa: 2 pairs of bangles and 2 pairs of earrings. All 8 items made of good silver.
1: A pair of ‘Suar’ bangles, with widening sides. This style originates with the Berber people in Libya (see cat. no 158). Both bangles display multiple hallmarks on the inside.
Height: 4.7 cm and 4.9 cm (lowest point, middle), each 8.7 cm (broadest point). Weight: 430 grams.
2: A pair of bangles cast in silver and engraved. Each with three offset areas. There is engraved decoration in the individual 9 fields, made up of geometric flowers, leafy and floral tendrils as well as hemispheric end sections. Probably also from Libya.
Diameter: each c. 7.5 cm.
3: Two pairs of silver earrings, one large, the other smaller. With engraved decoration on the outer side and rows of small, granulated silver spheres along the outer edges.
Diameter: c. 10 cm (large, on the outside), c. 5 cm, (small, on the outside). (ME)
Provenance:
Viennese private collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
20.02.2017 - 14:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 375.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 300.-
Mixed lot (8 items), North Africa: 2 pairs of bangles and 2 pairs of earrings. All 8 items made of good silver.
1: A pair of ‘Suar’ bangles, with widening sides. This style originates with the Berber people in Libya (see cat. no 158). Both bangles display multiple hallmarks on the inside.
Height: 4.7 cm and 4.9 cm (lowest point, middle), each 8.7 cm (broadest point). Weight: 430 grams.
2: A pair of bangles cast in silver and engraved. Each with three offset areas. There is engraved decoration in the individual 9 fields, made up of geometric flowers, leafy and floral tendrils as well as hemispheric end sections. Probably also from Libya.
Diameter: each c. 7.5 cm.
3: Two pairs of silver earrings, one large, the other smaller. With engraved decoration on the outer side and rows of small, granulated silver spheres along the outer edges.
Diameter: c. 10 cm (large, on the outside), c. 5 cm, (small, on the outside). (ME)
Provenance:
Viennese private collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 20.02.2017 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 11.02. - 20.02.2017 |
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