We have a vast collection of images here which have been shared over the years ...
Click on an image to see the discussions around the piece.
Enjoy!
You need to be a member of Ethnic Jewels to add comments!
Request your copy of our newsletter.
If you would like to receive our newsletter
Comments
Although simple in design, the asyk is full of meaning for those who can read it ... the shape, the pattern of the gallery wire, the colour and placement of the carnelians, the studs.... All devices to protect the young bride from malicious djinns and to bring about the birth of a child ... particularly a son.
Great piece Thelma ..congrats …...
Kisses
Angelo
I love the elegant simplicity of this piece Thelma. A great addition to your collection. Congrats.
... I have just realised what this asyk reminded me of: it is a sibling of your "small survivor"...
Dear Thelma; A great piece indeed. As mentioned in one of my earlier posts, such pieces without the gilding, live completely from the shape and execution of the work by the silver smith. I love the pieces when they are not gilded. Congratulations. Peter
Thanks, Angelo, Betty and Peter. The piece was found in Afghanistan and probably came from the Ersari community along the Amu Darya in the north.
@ Betty. Yes it is a little like the Saryk asyk which I showed earlier ..no gilding for example. But the Saryk tribe, according to Schletzer, come from a couple of oases along the Murgab river, in southern Turkmenistan and originally used these as bases for their nomadic wanderings with their animals along the river valley into northern Afghanistan.
Thelma this is absolutely lovely and like all of your pieces becomes more and more interesting the longer I look at it. There is something about the geometry in the middle that is deeply compelling.
Thanks Lynn. Yes you are right. All the lines converge on that large round central carnelian which seems to be watched over by those two silver studs!