A SELJUK GOLD PENDANT, PERSIA, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

Comprising a central inverted T-shape element of box construction, the face with figure-of-eight wire decoration, flanked on each side with confronted birds formed of scrolling wirework with applied similar wings and conical tails, one with a pronounced crest, three pendant beads of similar workmanship below with seed-pearls, a similar larger seed-pearl and suspension loop above.
6 by 4.5 cm.
8 gr. weight

CATALOGUE NOTE
The motif of two confronted peacocks, found on Byzantine jewelry (Hasson, Rachel: Early Islamic Jewelry, Jerusalem, 1987, no.3, p. 13)