Belt Fittings

Image credit: The Khalili Collections

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These fittings were most probably from a single belt, as suggested by their technique and decorative repertory. They can be attributed on stylistic grounds to a goldsmith's workshop in thirteenth-century Seljuk Anatolia, where similar scrollwork is characteristic of both architectural decoration and woodwork.

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

Belt Fittings

Date

12th C or 13th C

Medium

silver, partly cast, chased, gilt & enhanced by niello & partly silver sheet, worked in repoussè, parcel-gilt & with sparse niello inlay

Accession number

896

Work type

Sculpture

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The Khalili Collections

London, Greater London England

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