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beautiful, it has the same decoration (salmiacs) as used in the yemeni and Ethiopian bracelets and prayer boxes. this work is really lovely.
I foncirf these to be from Saudi Arabia as well, from the eastern side of the country towads the persian gulf....on earlier examples blue beads should be genuine turquoise and red ones garnets or very old glass!
Beautiful pair
Thank you both for the information! I really love them and wear them often.
Alaa, don't you think that the blue beads in these bracelets are the real turquois, because in those regions they prefer their color blue to be exactly as these without any black drawings.?
Gr. Ingrid.
They look beautiful, Lynn ... and the stones seem to be in very good condition. I suppose they must have been a present for a very young girl with small wrists.
Very likely Ingrid, we are all used to turquoise having those black veins such as on native american jewels, i personally find it to bear more charachter, but locals somehow prefer the perfect blue type...i have noticed that during my recent trip in Iran in the very heart of the turquoise mining area near the Turkmenistan border: turquoise is a big industry there and loads of cut and polished stones without the black veins!
Though i can't comment further on the quality of turquoise stones whether it bears black drawings or not
Alaa, thank you for that info, I didn.t know that it was mined in Iran. Learned something new again.
Gr. Ingrid
Thanks so much for the comments. I love learning more about my pieces. The blue beads are quite cold to the touch, so I think they are either opaque glass or turquoise without veins. Thelma the red beads are a bit hazy with fine scratches, but yes I think a young woman used these bracelets and then outgrew them. Lucky me I have tiny wrists and fingers.