A BUKHARA TURQUOISE-INLAID SILVER-GILT MOUNTED BELT, CENTRAL ASIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

A BUKHARA TURQUOISE-INLAID SILVER-GILT MOUNTED BELT, CENTRAL ASIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3002102

The felt and silk belt mounted with four silver rosettes decorated in openwork with vegetal interlace, the buckle decorated in openwork with cartouches containing vegetal interlace surmounted by flowerheads flanked by split palmettes, the centre with turquoise inlaid section, each element with areas of gilding and decorated in turquoise inlay 97 cm. length

CATALOGUE NOTE For an almost identical buckle to that on this belt see Christie's, Indian & Islamic Works of Art and Textiles, 8 October 2010, lot 267.