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A rare pair of Omani bracelets

Posted by Eileen Massard on June 7, 2013 at 8:07am

A rare pair of Omani bracelets

Comments

Patricia Deany June 7, 2013 at 8:18am

Great beauty!
Eva Baby June 7, 2013 at 8:34am

wow! they are splendid!
ann June 7, 2013 at 9:02am

gorgeous!
Marie-Ange June 7, 2013 at 9:30am

real stunning anklets!
Akkie June 9, 2013 at 5:04pm

Splendid, nice silverwork
Pat Rodriguez June 14, 2013 at 11:54pm

What beautiful silver work. I have never seen anything like these before. What details. Do you think they could be used as bracelets? Why not? Just stunning.
Joost Daalder June 15, 2013 at 4:29am

Fine work!
Natalie Opie June 15, 2013 at 7:20am

I'm in love! These bracelets are gorgeous! Are they heavy?
Thelma June 15, 2013 at 8:30am

Extremely beautiful. The scrolling flowers remind me of Indian patterns. There is an anklet on p.272 of Oppi Untracht's book 'Traditional Jewelry of India' which has a similar scrolling pattern but not, in my opinion, so fine as the one above.
Joost Daalder June 15, 2013 at 8:38am

You are right about the Indian influence, Thelma. It is well known that Indian jewelers did work in Oman, and the basic shape of these anklets is actually Indian, with elements of the decoration Indian in character too. Your reference to Untracht's great book is very much to the point.