A pair of Fatimid basket-style gold earrings, Egypt or Syria, 10th-12th century

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 GBP

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Description

Gold

composed of sheet gold with five dome-shapes decorated with filigree and granulation, hinged suspension loop

Catalogue Note

For related examples and a discussion on 'basket-type' earrings whose origin is linked to the Byzantine Empire, see Jewellery and Goldsmithing in the Islamic World: International Symposium, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987, pp.24-26.