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Pair of earrings | Around hegira 5th–6th century / AD 11th–12th centuryFatimid | National Museum of Damascus Damascus, Syria | These exquisite earrings would have been worn by women of the Fatimid elite.Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
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Pair of earrings | Hegira 5th century / AD 11th centuryFatimid | Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin, Germany | These exquisite earrings would have been worn by women of the Fatimid elite. | A pair of earrings | Hegira 5th century / AD 11th centuryFatimid | Museum of Islamic Art Cairo, Egypt | These exquisite earrings would have been worn by women of the Fatimid elite. | |
Two gold bracelets | Hegira 5th century / AH 11th centuryFatimid | Museum of Islamic Art Cairo, Egypt | Gold bracelets decorated with embossing and fine filigree work. |
Pendant | Hegira 5th / AD 11th centuryFatimid | The British Museum London, England, United Kingdom | A Fatimid-period pendant showing influences of Byzantine enamelling, illustrating the mutual artistic borrowing and innovations that existed between the two royal courts.
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Pendant | Hegira 5th century / AD 11th centuryFatimid | Museum of Islamic Art Cairo, Egypt | A brooch found at Fustat. Its enamelled inscription reads 'God is the best protector'. |
Ivory casket with painted figural decoration | Hegira 6th century / AD 12th centuryNormans in Sicily, southern Italy | Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin, Germany | A box that probably contained gems, jewellery or women's make-up accessories. |
Brooch | Around hegira 5th–6th century / AD 11th–12th centuryFatimid | National Museum of Damascus Damascus, Syria | Fatimid jewellers used both sophisticated techniques and an array of precious stones to stunning effect.Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
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One of a pair of earrings | Around hegira 5th–6th / AD 11th–12th centuryFatimid | National Museum of Damascus Damascus, Syria | Fatimid jewellers used both sophisticated techniques and an array of precious stones to stunning effect. | |