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  Jose M. Pery February 3, 2014 at 1:15pm

  Hi, Frankie. I may be wrong but the first thing I thought when I saw it was of a Multan ring missing the enamel .... 
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  Frankie Carter February 3, 2014 at 1:36pm

  Hi Jose. How interesting! Indeed one can imagine an association with Multan enamel.

  All the more amazing is that I was in the middle of reading some information about Multan city when your message arrived! Although I don`t remember anything like it in any of my own Multan enamel I will check out my pieces. It is more the size of a Multan button rather than the usual rings, which are larger. And I do have a button I can check. Of course, just because I may not have anything like it doesn`t mean it might not be Multani.

  I had myself thought it could once have been enamelled but my creaking brain didn`t get as far as thinking of Multan. (Back to the city - its mangoes, actually!).
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  Ethnic Embellishments February 3, 2014 at 2:56pm

  This reminds me of some work out of Egypt.
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  Frankie Carter February 3, 2014 at 7:16pm

  I am insufficiently versed with egyptian work to be able to comment on that. However, on thinking about it, I would say it is more finely crafted than most Multan items. And the finish seems unlikely to have ever been meant for enamel.
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  Ethnic Embellishments February 4, 2014 at 2:05pm

  I would look for a hallmark.  I'll try to find some Egyptian pieces for example, that always helps to illustrate one's case :-)
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  Frankie Carter February 4, 2014 at 4:10pm

  Sadly no hallmark here. And the Egyptian pieces I`ve found don`t look like it. I`d love to some examples that do, Hillary. And that would fit in better with the bead`s known provenance.

  Though it could have found its` way to N. Africa from anywhere, not just other Moslem countries.