A TURKOMAN-STYLE GOLD-FOILED TURQUOISE-SET FLORAL NECKLACE ELEMENT
Possibly Diyarbakir region, Central Asia, first half 18th century

A TURKOMAN-STYLE GOLD-FOILED TURQUOISE-SET FLORAL NECKLACE ELEMENT
Possibly Diyarbakir region, Central Asia, first half 18th century

The gold sheet-wrapped lac plaque designed in the shape of a fully blossomed lotus flower with several petals and a cusped profile, the central drop-shaped medallion set with a large turquoise bead, irradiating two concentric bands of smaller, unevenly cut beads, the gold sheet on the reverse hammered and chased with a typical Central Asian scrollwork of vegetal meanderings, foliage, and flowers, reminiscent of late 14th and 15th-century Aq Qoyunlu and Turkoman jewellery examples, encased in a gilt copper brooch mount with a long pin, 5cm x 5cm at widest points.

For further reference and comparison with earlier examples of Turkoman gold-foiled and turquoise-set jewellery, please see the group of 15th-century necklace elements in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (inv. no. 1989.87a-1).

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Dimensions: 5cm x 5cm at widest points