The front of the arch-shaped buckle is decorated with in filigree technique with spiral and tendril arabesques as well as small rosette-shaped granulation clusters; at the center of the decoration is a large eight-leaf rosette. A small perforation was used to attach the buckle to the girdle.
The back is blank except an Arabic stamp with name and date of the ruler: al-Mansur 11xx. The stamp belongs to Imam al-Mansur al-Husayn, who lived from AH 1139 to 1161 (AD 1727-1748).
An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith: Yahya Tayyib (?), siyyur (?).For the latest information about this object, buckles (strap accessories); girdles (belts), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: [Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mansur 11xx; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Yahya Tayyib (?), siyyur (?)Reign: Imam al-Mansur al-Husayn (1139-1161 AH/AD 1727-1748)Style:
The arc-shaped buckle is executed in a perforated style, and displays a design of tendrils and floral elements. The back is blank. A small perforation in the back part was used to attach the buckle to the girdle.
The back shows the stamp of the ruler and the date in Arabic: al-Mansur 115x. The stamp belongs to Imam al-Mansur al-Husayn, who lived from AH 1139 to 1161 (AD 1727-1748).
An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith: Yo(sef) Ab(raham) Kassar, siyyur (?).For the latest information about this object, buckles (strap accessories); girdles (belts), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: [Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mansur 115x; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Yo(sef) Ab(raham) Kassar, siyyur (?)Reign: Imam al-Mansur al-Husayn (1139-1161 AH/AD 1727-1748)Style:
The front of the arc-shaped buckle is cast and details chased. The design displays a central rosette with four tear-shaped elements and four small rosettes. This central element is framed by an elaborately chased floral design. The back of the buckle is blank. The front follows the shape of the central rosette. The hole through the back still has the ring and the clasp preserved.
The back shows an engraved inscription in Hebrew with the name of the silversmith: Yahya Kassar, mahasit. The term "mahasit" means "half."For the latest information about this object, buckles (strap accessories); girdles (belts), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: [Engraved] In Hebrew: Yahya Kassar, mahasitReign: Style:
The front of the arc-shaped buckle is decorated with a very fine chased design of arabesques, tendrils, and leaves; at the outer border has a design of alternating rhombic and ring-shaped elements. The hole through the back was used to attach the buckle to the girdle.
The back is blank, but has an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler and the date: al-Mansur 1189. Imam al-Mansur "Ali I ruled from AH 1189 to 1224 (AD 1775-1809).
An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith: Sulayman Kassar, siyyur (?).For the latest information about this object, buckles (strap accessories); girdles (belts), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: [Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mansur 1189 AH; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Sulayman Kassar, siyyur (?)Reign: Al-Mansur ‘Ali I (1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809)Style:
The front of the arc-shaped buckle displays a motif of arabesques with tendrils, rosettes, and tear-shaped elements. A hole through the front and the back, which was used to attach the buckle to the girdle, still has the ring and the clasp preserved.
The back shows an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler and the date: al-Mansur 1215. Imam al-Mansur "Ali I ruled from AH 1189 to 1224 (AD 1775-1809).
An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith: Harun Yishaq, siwa (?).For the latest information about this object, buckles (strap accessories); girdles (belts), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: [Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mansur 1215; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Harun Yishaq, siwa (?)Reign: Al-Mansur ‘Ali I (1189-1224 AH/AD 1775–1809)Style:
The front of the arc-shaped buckle is chased and worked in a perforated style, with a central medallion and tendrils around it. The outer frame combines four-leafed rosettes and leaf-shaped elements. The central medallion and the outer border are executed in niello technique. The inner border section contains five ring-shaped elements with cross- and leaf-shaped decoration. The hole through the back still has the ring and the clasp preserved.
The back has an Arabic stamp with the name of a ruler and a date, which has not yet been deciphered.For the latest information about this object, buckles (strap accessories); girdles (belts), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: [Stamp] Undecipherable name and date in ArabicReign: Style:
This box is a "pandan," a container for "betel"- thin slices of the nut of the areca palm mixed with spices and lime paste made from ground seashells and wrapped in a leaf of the betel tree. Betel, chewed after meals to help with digestion, was very popular in the Punjab region. This box is inscribed with the name of its owner, Abu'l-Kharid Nur al-Hasan Khan.
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This is a reconstructed portion of a full suit of armor that a Turkish soldier would have worn into battle. The chain mail that links the circular breast- and backplates to the steel plates at the sides and shoulders would have continued down over the warrior's forearms and connected with plate coverings that provided further protection from elbow to wrist. (The leather straps are modern replacements for sections of mail.) The soldier also might have been equipped with plate leg guards or with a long skirt or trousers made of mail and reinforced with additional steel plates.
The decoration of the plates features floral motifs, Arabic inscriptions (on the back) and interlaced patterns-decorative elements used throughout the history of Islamic art.For the latest information about this object, body armor, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Ottoman DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
In Arab countries and Muslim realms in the Mediterranean region, artistic innovation flourished in the 9th-14th centuries. Glassmakers fashioned bottles, including those used to store and sprinkle perfume, such as this one, from glass that they manipulated into feather patterns or painted with enamels and gold.For the latest information about this object, bottles, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style: