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Lot 30

A set of Golden Horde silver-gilt Belt Fittings
Persia or Central Asia, 14th Century
(23)

21 April 2015, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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A set of Golden Horde silver-gilt Belt Fittings
Persia or Central Asia, 14th Century

comprising 23 elements, variously rectangular and tapering form with rounded end, each decorated in relief with incised detailing depicting a dragon
the rectangular sections 3.4 x 2 cm.(23)

Footnotes

A large group of gold fittings of this period can be found in the Hermitage, St Petersburg (Komaroff, L. and S. Carboni (eds.), The Legacy of Gengis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256 - 1353, pp. 66-67, fig. 62, and p. 274, no. 143). The Hermitage belt was found near Gashun Uta, Southern Russia, as part of the funerary regalia of a senior member of the family of Batu (1227 - 1255), the founder of the Golden Horde. A group of fittings also depicting a dragon were sold through these rooms (Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 16th October 2003, lot 312).

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