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Silver filigree buckles. Late-Ottoman, from Cyprus. Victoria & Albert Museum.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on March 30, 2016 at 11:05pm

Two woman's buckles (the top one misses its left part). Late-Ottoman, from Cyprus, ca. early 19th c. (Partly gilt) silver filigree, set with coloured glass pastes. Shaped like stylised tulips, a favourite Ottoman motif. (© V&A, London).

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