Bidspirit auction | A Magnificent Silver Breast Ornament

A Magnificent Silver Breast Ornament ”Labbeh”, Yemen, Late 19th Century - Description: Designed as a line of square elements beneath a weave of long tassels, comprised of silver balls and leaflets and connected between them with a silver chain. Length: 18 cm; width: 18 cm; total weight: 206 gr Condition: Some pearls missing. One element unhinged. Literature: For an almost identical example see, Chason, Rachel ”Later Islamic Jewelry”, Mayer Memorial Institute for Islamic Art, Jerusalem, 1987, p. 187