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Emerald pendant
Emerald pendant
Emerald pendant
Artist :
Anonymous
Sponsor :
Mustafa III
Time of :
Mustafa III
Date : approx. between 1557 and 1574
Material : Gold, Emerald, Pearls
Palace of Topkapi
Treasury Room - IV
Treasury
Item
10
on 20
Objet(s) d'Art
Jewel (Pendentif)
Area related
Istanbul
(
Turkey
)
Médine
(
Arabie Saoudite
)
Description
The rhyming inscription on this pendant tells us that it dates from the reign of Mustafa III. This pendant was sent as gift to the tomb of Muhammed in Medina and brought back to istanbul during World War I.
