A MOROCCAN GEMSET AND ENAMELLED GOLD CIRCULAR PENDANT (TAZRA)

FEZ, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A MOROCCAN GEMSET AND ENAMELLED GOLD CIRCULAR PENDANT (TAZRA)
FEZ, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Of circular form, the central cut red gemstone set in a band of inset small emeralds, within a broad circular panel of enamelled and pierced floral designs flanked by six smaller gemset oval panels, the reverse of all elements similarly enamelled, the central panel hinged to reveal a compartment, added suspension loop above, suspended on multiple seed-pearl strands, enamel slightly rubbed
Pendant 2 3/8in. (5.9cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Two similar enamelled gold circular pendants are published. One in a private collection also has the hinged compartment on the reverse (Maroc, les trésors du royaume, Paris, 1999, no.328, p.189); the other has a more geometric design and is now in the Musée des Oudaias in Rabat (Francis Ramirez and Christian Rolot, Bijoux du Maroc, la Beauté des Diables, Courbevoie (Paris), 2002, p.278) A similar tazra was sold in these Rooms, 17 April 2007, lot 332. For an informative photograph illustrating how these pendants and other items of traditional Moroccan jewellery were worn, see V. Gonzalez, Gli smalti dell'europa musulmana e del Maghreb, Milan, 1994, pl. 138, p. 185.

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