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Niello Buckle w/embroidered belt

Posted by Karim Carlo Rotondi on August 6, 2011 at 4:56pm
Niello Buckle w/embroidered belt
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  • Ethnic Embellishments August 6, 2011 at 9:04pm
    Where is this from, India?  It looks like silver inlay in iron to me. Very nice shape and lovely designs.
  • Alaa eddine SAGID August 7, 2011 at 12:10am

    i guess this has to be from continental malaysia.

     

    I have seen a couple on sale in an antique shop in Kuala lumpur

     

    Very impressive indeed

  • Kathleen McCabe-Elsey August 7, 2011 at 3:26am
    Per the "The Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry" pg 191 Belt Buckle from Sumatra Indonesia (Minangkabau) A man's belt buckle , or pandieng.  Islam began to spread into Sumatra late in the thirteenth century, and, as this ornamnet demonstrates, influenced the decorative arts."  Also seen in " The Jewelry of Southeast Jewelry, pg 120 ...similar buckles.
  • Joost Daalder August 7, 2011 at 9:44am
    These come both from Sumatra (Kathleen) and continental Malaysia (Ayis). The work is fine, but in comparison with a number of others, like the one illustrated in *Ethnic Jewellery*, p. 202, seems comparatively recent.
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