Bidspirit auction | A Silver Gilt Necklace, Kurdistan,

A Silver Gilt Necklace, Kurdistan, 19th Century - Description: Composed of decorative beads in between fish shaped elements beneath suspended medallions depicting a profile, prob. the Sultan Mahmud Pasha. Length: 45 cm Literature: For a similar example: Chason, Rachel ”Later Islamic Jewelry”, Mayer Memorial Institute for Islamic Art, Jerusalem, 1987, p. 45.