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  Joost Daalder June 12, 2011 at 10:25pm

  Ah, is this the piece of which you showed us one of the cylinders? Here one can see the silver gilding much better, and it seems a nice old piece. Now, also, it looks more distinctly Uzbeki - I agree that is the likely place of origin. Dismiss the idea of amber from your mind: that is just sheer "romance". What is inside, in the case of such tubes, is either Koran material (to protect the wearer), or simple tree resin to prevent the piece from denting (wihout any other purpose, although merchants will tell you there is one). This looks 80-100 years old, and quite traditional and good.
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  Joost Daalder June 12, 2011 at 10:48pm

  A nice shot - but see my other comments. Nothing wrong with these amulets.
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  Savanna Caravan June 13, 2011 at 3:54pm

  Hello Joost - thank you for all your comments. Both amulets are filled with what we shall, for explication purposed,  call the "amber"; the condition of all the components in the pieces excellent with gentle wear over the loops and twists. if you're interested in any macro shots just let me know which section, and I'll post them. It's a purchase I made from a gut reaction to something quite beautiful: I went back day after day to drool over it. It made my heart pound!

  I also agree with all you have said about the other, more crude and common Turkmen pendants that I listed, in effect as a comparison between beautiful work and crude work. I did buy these to use as components in my "wearable art" jewellery; inexpensive so that the finished product is affordable. The Uzbek piece above is definitely a collector's piece; but as I'm a business woman, all my pieces are ultimately for sale!

  My excellent very good exciting news is that I have been offered a stint in an apartment in Venice for two months initially - and as long as I wish if I decide that way - to make "wearable art" jewellery out of Venetian millefiori beads and other 19c trade beads for the owner of a shop selling these beads as dealer strands. One of those chance meetings which I'm fairly light headed about at the moment! So I'm returning to Australia on the weekend to make arrangements and then return first week of September!  Cool eh?
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  Joost Daalder June 13, 2011 at 4:46pm

  I'm glad, Savanna, that you do see what I have in mind, and indeed bought in exactly the right way if you wanted these pieces and to make that division. The elaborate Uzbeki pair is very good: and you will never regret the good pieces. It hurts at the time, but works out OK at the end (unless you wildly overpay). The lesser pieces are much riskier, and that's why I would sell those as a priority. The Uzbeki amulets would be worth a fair bit, and I'd to an extent "sit" on the price, as they are becoming scarce. Not so the more commercial Turkoman pieces. Delighted to hear about the Venetian venture!!