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Drool!!!
I have got the same one i posted a while ago, unfortunately it lacks the triangle shaped pendants
this piece is made from some differing elements, the form of each and every pendant however is exquisite. And fills my heart with joy!!
Although the piece is labelled within the collection as Anti Atlas, I have some reservations. The enamelling and the plaited band both sing of Ait Ouarzguit to me......
Wouldbe interested to hear other opinions......
Love the remaining pre glass carnelian elements too!!
I rarely find pieces set this way nowadays. The only one I purchsed in the last 6 years sold recently!
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i especially love the use of the turquoise blue enamel. this colour is also often used on chinese jewelry.
In "bijoux du maroc" they say that this piece was only produced in the village of" Imi n tatelt" wich lies in the meeting point between the all niello "ida ou nadif / ida ou kensous" jewelry and the much more elaborate "ait ouaouzguit" one.
*The result is the only jewelry in All of africa with high quality enameloing, high quality niello and high quality carnelian cabochons
I was told and maybe not true that when a piece has this coloring particular to the enamel, that it was Jewish worn. The cabochons on this and style say to me late 18th c or early 19th . What is your feeling about it's age? this group of jewerly is my favorite of all and is usually the most costly from my experience.
Not only it is costly but it is very scarce to find a perfectly preserved one.
18th century is in my opinion a bit too much but i would be ok for a mid to late 19th century piece.
The fact is that virtually all the jewelry we have got in this region is made out of very thin silver plaques cut and then nielloed and enameled, show that they were made during a crisis or a dwindling income time. Wich meets the history of the region for it was very prosperous through the transaharan trade until up beginning of the 19 th century.
Head dresses and necklaces are all made of very thin silver plaques but highly decorated with brilliant techniques, bangles are also quite light and are of the open type. What remains are the fibulas wich are curiously heavy and made following the "worm hole" technique; we can say the the worm hole fibulas are very ancient and could date back to the 18th century, another clue is that these fibula were also used in south west algeria exactely on the biggest transaharan trade route of that time meaning that these fibulas were made during this period of great wealth and were used even in remote oasis where one is surprised to find such rich adornment