A superb Fatimid Double Horse Head Gold Pendant, ca. 11th - 13th century CE The A List Provenance: Private collection of a

Provenance: Private collection of a Connecticut attorney

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to be retrieved millennia later from the depths of the Mediterranean Sea

2001 15th NATSIAA

A superb Fatimid Double Horse Head Gold Pendant, ca. 11th - 13th century CE The A List Provenance: Private collection of aThis beautifully designed pendant of high karat gold, features a gracefully curved body decorated with granulated circles and terminating in two finely modeled horse heads. Each head features a finely modeled open mouth, ears inlaid with carnelian, and a round carnelian inlay in the center of the forehead. Suspended from the body are three dangling elements comprising a carnelian bead sitting above a round gold terminal that creates a fabulous sense