CultureAfghan
Titles
- Wedding Belt Buckle
Datemid-19th century
MediumSilver and silver-gilt
DimensionsOverall: 4 5/8 × 12 1/16 × 1 7/8 in. (11.7 × 30.7 × 4.8 cm)
Overall (.A): 4 1/2 × 7 × 1 5/8 in. (11.4 × 17.8 × 4.1 cm)
Overall (.B): 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (11.7 × 19 × 4.8 cm)
Overall (.A): 4 1/2 × 7 × 1 5/8 in. (11.4 × 17.8 × 4.1 cm)
Overall (.B): 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (11.7 × 19 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Nancy and Scott Atlas in memory of Morris and Rita Atlas
Object number2023.38.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
111 Herzstein Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in Hebrew across both parts of the buckle: “Raising her eyes, Rebecca saw Isaac. She alighted from the camel and said to the servant, ‘Who is that man walking in the field toward us?’ And the servant said, ‘That is my master.’ So she took her veil and covered herself. The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. Isaac then brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he took Rebecca as his wife. Isaac loved her, and thus found comfort after his mother’s death” (Gen. 24:64-67).
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Solomon Proops
1712
Book with 31 folios including woodcuts and copperplate engravings in a modern calf, gilt-tooled and blind-tooled binding with modern paper flyleaves and pastedowns, housed in a modern green leather covered slipcase
2023.39