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Woman's belt & buckle. Asia Minor (= Western Anatolia) / Turkey. Benaki Museum.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on March 3, 2016 at 12:03am
Gold-embroidered woman's belt (19th century) and buckle made of jade, with inlaid gold decoration of Ottoman workmanship dated to the 16th-17th c., set in a mount of later date. Heirloom brought over by Greek-Anatolian refugees of Asia Minor (= Western Anatolia).(Benaki Museum, Athens).
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Tags: Anatolia, Asia, Greek-Anatolian., Minor, Turkey
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  • Peter Hoesli March 5, 2016 at 1:36pm

    WOW, what a beauty. The buckle and embroidery is just stunning! With kind regards. Peter

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