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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Necklace

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

Part of a necklace of pearls and silver filigree


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pearls and gilded silver filigree
Brief description
Part of a necklace of pearls and gilded silver filigree, found with a coin hoard in Lorca, Murcia, about 929-1010
Physical description
Part of a necklace of pearls and silver filigree
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
  • Width: 0.5cm
Style
Historical context
Found with a coin hoard in Murcia, one of only two known hoards from Moorish Spain
Bibliographic reference
Mariam Rosser-Owen, Islamic Arts from Spain, London, 2010, p.26.
Collection
Accession number
1450-1870

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Record createdAugust 2, 2005
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