Jewelry Elements

Unknown

late 14th–16th century · Gold sheet; worked, chased, and set with turquoise, gray chalcedony, and glass · Islamic Art

Few examples of medieval Islamic jewelry survive, leaving scholars to rely on depictions of jewelry in manuscript paintings of the period for evidence of their appearance. Imagery from Ilkhanid and later period painting reveals that necklaces sharing some details with the jewelry elements shown here were worn by women in the fourteenth to sixteenth century in Iran and Central Asia.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 14th–16th century

Medium

Gold sheet; worked, chased, and set with turquoise, gray chalcedony, and glass

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Purchase, Rogers Fund and Habib Anavian Gift, 1989