ISTALIFI: A Museum Quality C19th Yomud Turkoman Silver w/ gold applique Pendant
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ISTALIFI: A Museum Quality C19th Yomud Turkoman Silver w/ gold applique Pendant :
$599.00
ISTALIFI:
A Museum Quality C19th Yomud Turkoman Silver w/ gold applique Pendant
A Rare C. Asian Turkmen Ethnographic Jewelry
On offer is a very elegant example of ahighly collectible antique Turkoman / Turkmen silver pendant with gold applique and glass inset in green (cabochon cut) and red (in round cut), dating to the 19th century. Attributed to the Yomud / Yomut tribe of Central Asia, such pendants contained sacred texts designed for protection.. The overall rectangular form with three rams horn and the gold applique decoration of rams horn echos the protective importance the Turkoman people historically gave to the ram (an animal, as they saw, living in the highest mountains, close to the heavens) This is an excellent example.The condition is very good. It has natural age patina and an aura to it that later reproductions fail to capture.With a silver chain, it can be worn as an elegant piece of Jewelry.
Please note on the first photo shows the piece with a bit of a green sheen, that is just bad lighting. The second photo reflects the colour better.
SIZE: Width is 8cm (3.2\") x Height is 6cm (2.4\").MATERIAL: Gold applique on silver sterling with glass stones.
HISTORY:
\"The Turkmen were pastoral nomads who lived in encampments, raised livestock, bred horses. In order to ensure year-round green pastures for their animals, the tribes moved two or three times a year. While not merchants themselves, the Turkmen were in constant contact with urban populations, and were often involved with providing transport and security for long-distance caravan trade.
Although nominally Sunni Muslim, the Turkmen kept many of their pre-Islamic customs and beliefs, which were often embodied in the jewelry they made and wore. Turkmen silver jewelry carried deep symbolic meanings and often marked an individual\'s passage from one stage of life to another. From a very early age, a woman started wearing jewelry whose shapes and materials were believed to ensure her ability to bear healthy children later in life. The amount of embellishments a girl wore increased as she approached marriageable age. Once she had had her first children, and her fertility had been established, the amount of jewelry she received and wore decreased. In addition, silver jewelry believed to ward off evil and illness was worn by men, women, and especially by children.
Jewelry was a significant financial investment, as it was handcrafted from precious materials. There were cases when, in times of dire need, a woman would part with her jewelry in order to help the survival of the tribe. Significant in size and weight, Turkmen jewelry objects were made of silver, decorated with semi-precious stones, and sometimes gilded for an added color effect and value.\" MET. MUSEUM, NY.
For further reading please read:
Old Silver Jewellery of the Turkoman, by Dieter and Reinhold Schlechter 1983
Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry: From the Colette and Jean Pierre Ghysels Collection,by Frances Borel and John Bigelow Taylor (1994)Over the last forty years Turkmen Jewelry has become increasinglycollectible inspiringLinden-Museum inStuttgart, Germany and Metropolitan Museum in New York to do grand exhibitions of their respective collections. This piece matches the museum collectionsin quality, rarity and beauty. So don\'t let it go and place a offer (I welcome OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE SIMILAR ITEMS
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ISTALIFI: A Museum Quality C19th Yomud Turkoman Silver w/ gold applique Pendant :
$599.00