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1860's RARE "MAURE'S BUST" PENDANT It is in the form of a miniature statuette representing a Moor in obsidian finely chased resting on a jade jadeite base (not engraved) and a gold pedestal. The head has a coral cap. Gross weight : 8,56 gr. (tiny trace of polishing). Dimensions: 3.2 x 1.7 cm. The Moor is a great source of inspiration, we can advance for this example a Venetian origin in the mid-nineteenth century. The jade plate was certainly intended to become a charm, but was not engraved An obsidian, coral, jade and gold blackamoor pendant, circa 1860. Gross weight: 8,56 gr. Dimensions: 3,2 x 1,7 cm.
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1860's RARE "MAURE'S BUST" PENDANT It is in the form of a miniature statuette representing a Moor in obsidian finely chased resting on a jade jadeite base (not engraved) and a gold pedestal. The head has a coral cap. Gross weight : 8,56 gr. (tiny trace of polishing). Dimensions: 3.2 x 1.7 cm. The Moor is a great source of inspiration, we can advance for this example a Venetian origin in the mid-nineteenth century. The jade plate was certainly intended to become a charm, but was not engraved An obsidian, coral, jade and gold blackamoor pendant, circa 1860. Gross weight: 8,56 gr. Dimensions: 3,2 x 1,7 cm.
