- Title
- Pendant
- Date Made
- 11th century
- Medium
- Gold with garnets
- Dimensions
- 2 x 2 x 3/8 in. (5.08 x 5.08 x .9525 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.81.7
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Islamic
- Curatorial Notes
Much of what is known about personal adornment in the medieval Islamic world is based on jewelry, since textiles deteriorate quickly and few complete garments have survived. While gold jewelry is also rare, as it was frequently melted down, extant pieces like this element from a necklace provide an idea of the types of fashions available in eleventh-century Iran. Attributable to the eastern Iranian world, it shares a number of features, like the delicate filigree work, with contemporaneous Egyptian and Syrian jewelry, revealing the exchange of styles and techniques across a wide geographic area.
2024
