Khalka earrings Uzbekistan First half 1900

In these earrings the silver filigree and granulation technique approaches the red coral from the Mediterranean sea, a material really appreciated by the peoples of central Asia for its supposed superstitious virtues. Length. cm. 4

• Origin: Uzbekist

• Epoca: Prima metà 1900
• Materiali: Argento, corallo, pietre preziose

Bibliografia: A. Van Cutsem, Orecchini d’Africa, d’Asia e d’America, Skira 2001, p.88; C. Del Mare, Il corallo nell’ornamento dell’Asia islamica, Electa Napoli 2001, p. 58.