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Woman's belt buckle. NW Anatolia, late-Ottoman, 1850-1900. Private collection, Turkey.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on July 22, 2016 at 10:20pm

Silver ‘toka’ (woman's belt buckle). Late-Ottoman, ca. second half of 19th century. From northwestern Anatolia (probably Bursa). Decorated in 'Turkish Rococo'-style (which was influenced by Western European neo-Rococo/Barock/Classicism. (Source: Akkaya Antik, Balikesir).

Comments

Jean-Marie Criel July 22, 2016 at 10:25pm

A close-up of the buckle.
Peter Hoesli July 23, 2016 at 7:05am

This is a beautiful buckle. I especially like the dangles on it - very special. Peter