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Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Star Ornament

929-1010 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gold ornament of conjoined triangles forming a star of David with filigree decoration


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gilded silver with filigree decoration
Brief description
Gilded silver with filigree decoration, found with a coin hoard in Murcia, Spain, made around 929-1010
Physical description
Gold ornament of conjoined triangles forming a star of David with filigree decoration
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 3.3cm
  • Depth: 0.4cm
Style
Historical context
Found with a coin hoard in Murcia, one of only two known hoards from Moorish Spain
Production
Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba; found in Lorca, Murcia
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Mariam Rosser-Owen, Islamic Arts from Spain, London, 2010, p.26.
Collection
Accession number
1453-1870

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Record createdAugust 2, 2005
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