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Woman's belt. From the Urfa-Mardin region / Turkey. Private collection, Turkey.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on March 20, 2016 at 12:03am

A woman's belt from the Urfa-Mardin region. Late-Ottoman era, circa 1900. High grade silver, turquoises & other small semi-precious stones. (Private collection, Turkey).

Comments

Peter Hoesli March 20, 2016 at 8:20am

Dear Jean-Marie; Many thanks for posting this beauty! Above you can see my version of this belt. I have purchased it quite some time ago in Jordan. This is a rare belt and I have not come across such before or after. With kind regards. Peter
Ninurta Gorgis July 28, 2021 at 7:15pm

Is this can be sold ??