BOW20 - Antique Yemenite Jewish Bowsani Silver Filigree Drop Pendant - 101 mm

Description

Antique Yemenite Jewish Bowsani Silver Filigree Drop Pendant
Quantity:
1 Pendant
Size:
101 mm x 55 mm
Origin:
Sana’a, Yemen
Year:
1900-30
For your consideration is a lovely hundred year old Yemenite Jewish Bowsani filigree pendant. Gorgeous rosette granulation pattern entertain the exterior of the pendant. Additional filigree leaflets and bobbles dangle at the pendant's bottom rim.
The top Jewish silversmiths in Yemen in the early 20th century were the Badihi and Bowsani families. Using primitive tools and protecting their techniques, both families of silversmiths produced some of the finest examples of indigenous Yemenite jewelry. By the late 1940s, the once thriving Yemenite Jewish community came to a sudden end through mass immigration - and in the process, ending a thousand year old cherished tradition.
Rare museum quality piece.
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