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Dear Angelo. We are not getting many posts on this region's jewelry here. This is very welcome! When I have been working and living in Cairo, there was a shop in downtown Cairo, which concentrated on Mongolian silver ware - old but mostly new items. The pieces were magnificent and this is where I got to know that Mongolia has a very developed silver industry. The pieces usually do not come cheap though... Thanks for posting this. Regards. Peter
Very finely crafted and full of Buddhist symbols ... the conch shell, the lotus blossom, the fishes and the eternal knot. The ones I do not know are the two round bulbs, one on each side, with stalks and leaves that grow upwards... maybe more lotus symbols. A beautiful piece.
Angelo, - Truus and I are wondering whether this isn't, when all is said and done, Tibetan rather than Mongolian, but we are interested in further comments from you, as I was at first inclined to think it was Mongolian rather than Tibetan and have found some Mongolian buckles not altogether unlike this one. Truus leans more towards Tibet, however, and is more often right than I am (she simply knows more). I certainly can see typically Tibetan motifs ... It is a marvellous piece in any case, but I feel it is desirable to know just where it comes from, if that is possible to determine. It can't, of course, be Mongolian and Himalayan at the same time. Are you still in the process of deciding? If I were to put money on it I would probably have to say "Tibetan", as Truus has provided me with some good evidence for that view.
Hey Joost …as Thelma commented below saying "full of Buddhist symbols" I would say is from Tibet...
It's a wonderful piece ..and in the back ..on each side ..they are sharp hooks facing in…to be attached to a piece of fabric/headscarf…or maybe to a sash as a buckle..
I was not sure ,,after research on my books and on internet ..where to place it ….some symbols i found also in Mongolian..and in Hymalaya…which Tibet is part of it ...
But in any case ..the first was "Tibet" in the description when i archived the piece
Best
Angelo
Hey Joost ..absolutely right …felt like to me as hooking a sash ..then forehead ..infact the hooks are so sharp to be on a head …and also i was wondering about the ring …yes !! it should be down !!!
I'll rotate the pic for my archive !!
Thank you for this research …i appreciate it !!
Best
Angelo
Thanks for your reaction, Angelo! I am relieved to hear that we agree ... I have just posted the photo of the woman, and yours (rotated) on Facebook, and they look great together. In my Facebook post, I have of course acknowledged you as the owner, but I have made no mention of the fact that I rotated your photo. After all, it is sheer luck that I found out that the ring should be at the bottom. In your position I would also have posted it with the ring at the top! I don't think anyone on FB will even notice that I rotated the image, so everything is great. I think you have a fantastic piece, and I am really pleased to have contributed to its identification. Very often it is the other way round, i.e. that people identify pieces for me, after I have posted them! I look forward to every treasure which you post!