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VERY RARE SELJUK NIELLOED SILVER PECTORAL 13TH CENTURY

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VERY RARE SELJUK NIELLOED SILVER PECTORAL 13TH CENTURY
A VERY RARE & MAGNIFICENT ANCIENT ISLAMIC ROYAL SELJUK OR MONGOL NIELLOED SILVER PECTORAL, CIRCA 13TH/14TH CENTURY. Seljuq emoire or mongol ilkhanid. of curved form, engraved and chased with a central lotus blossom in a ribbon cartouche flanked by confronted crowned Lions amidst foliage and two birds, the inlaid decoration with a budding floral tendril rising from a central roundel with a foliated quatrefoil, the border with scrollwork. with trilobed cresting and polyhedral suspension loops above.For related Mongol horse trappings and a full discussion of the subject by Mark Kramarovsky, see Riyadh 1996, vol. I, pp.48-53.