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| Keywords: H Kasil - Bracelet - Walters 572319 - Mark A.jpg The chased bracelet is made of a larger 2/3 and a smaller piece 1/3 that together form a hollow ring The design depicts four-leaf clovers six on the larger piece and three on the smaller piece of the ring The lower rim has twenty-two loops each with a ring and a drop-shaped pendant One pendant is missing This bracelet and Walters 57 2318 are a pair and may have been produced in the same workshop On the inner side of the bracelet is an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler al-Mahdi The similarity to stamps of al-Mahdi al- Abbas makes it likely that the pendants were produced under his reign from AH 1161 to 1189 AD 1748-1775 In addition a Hebrew inscription is engraved with the name of the silversmith Kasil 1161-1189 AH/AD 1748-1775 silver with gilding Outer diam cm 6 5 ; Inner diam 1 13/16 x W 9/16 in 4 6 x 1 4 cm accession number 57 2319 80923 Mr Benjamin Zucker Zucker Family Trust and Mr Derek Content New York and London by purchase Walters Art Museum Joint gift to the Walters Art Museum Baltimore and the Israel Museum Jerusalem by Mr Benjamin Zucker and Mr Derek Content in honor of Mrs Barbara Zucker and Mrs Amanda Content 2010 Stamp Arabic al-Mahdi Engraving Hebrew Kasil place of origin northern Yemen Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum H Kasil Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
