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  Ethnic Embellishments February 17, 2012 at 10:07pm

  For Linda, who loves the big stuff!
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  howah February 17, 2012 at 10:34pm

  I like big stuff too! this is very nice, lucky you!
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  Ethnic Embellishments February 17, 2012 at 10:37pm

  I didn't buy it.  I like big, but big that I can actually wear.  This dwarfs me!
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  Frankie Carter February 17, 2012 at 11:11pm

  All I can say is - Whew!

  I hope nobody was required to wear it for long. Very impressive.
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  Marie-Ange February 17, 2012 at 11:40pm

  I LOVE big but this is HUGE!!!!!  Very nice however!!
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  Patricia Deany February 18, 2012 at 12:56am

  I think it is for an animal. It seems to me that they made necklaces for them too.
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  Ethnic Embellishments February 18, 2012 at 1:24am

  I was told that there was a matching helmet crown, but that was sold a while ago.
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  Linda Pastorino February 18, 2012 at 3:48am

  this is similar to some that I have had in the past, one of which was a bit bigger and had incredible all over micro mosaic turquoise and small rubies. Then another one similar to this which I call the bump group. headdresses and bracelets like this abound too years ago. Surprised this was still around... and being sold now a days. Did they have other styles or was this just it for this type of piece?  these were done for royalty and commissioned by the Emir.
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  Joost Daalder February 18, 2012 at 4:00am

  This - assuming it is old and not a modern copy, as would seem unlikely - belongs to a well-known small group of objects definitely made to be worn as amulets by horses, for, most likely, the Emir in Bukhara, though some may also have been produced for another top-ranking person. Very few exist. We have got one of moderate size, fitting a good spot in our home, which we bought from Michael Backman, and which I have posted more than once on our Facebook "Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment* page. Backman had, at the same time, a much larger one (more like the one pictured here) which he sold to the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. Another five or so were sold in 2005 by Christies. Michel Halter has - had ?- one for sale, recently, on his website, I recall. These were definitely used for the purpose stated; are rare; and are glorious objects. Do you own this, Hillary??? As you say - like the smaller amulet boxes for humans, this too would have held verses from the Koran, as an amulet protecting the horse. They are, by now, quite well-documented objects. I posted the other one that Backman had, plus the Christies examples (Christies annoted theirs, of course), all on the FB "EJ&A" page, where they can all still be enjoyed. Linda knows these objects well, so you are quite right, Hillary, to dedicate your posting to her. And I am pleased to see it too!
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  Joost Daalder February 18, 2012 at 4:03am

  I have never heard of a matching crown, and it would have to be one for a horse! - There is no doubt that the amulet was made for a horse, not a human. They were actually worn by horses, too (on special occasions), as one can see perhaps most clearly on the tassels, which tend to be darker in patination, to have some denting etc, from being swung around.