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Always a joy to see Ida ou Nadif pieces. For some reason they inevitably have a quality of mysticism for me.
Maybe it is the shapes: circules, squares, stars, and glass(old churches have such red, yellow..glass-at least what i know from movies) the glass is very deep and old. The glass is what i liked best!
Fayzal, somewhere previously on this site I have said they remind me of old Christian religious articles. You are right, that is the connexion. I believe the glass used is old Iranian glass. Did Morocco not make its` own glass?
I have no expertise in glass, i dont really know.
IONadif pieces have this mesmerizing appeal, at least for older stuff, in the way they use very low amount of silver (always thin sheets) but with a heavy added value in skilled techniques: namely niello, some old pieces are fabulously intricate