Braid ornament, saclyk, Turkmenistan, Yomud, 20th centuryOrangement composed of several silver plates with poly-lobed cut with applied decoration of lozenges and golden crescent moons, and cabochons of sardony or carnelian on the most important. Plates connected by links forming chains finished with bells and three pendants in the form of dome. Two large cut pendants are joined, one in silver with orange glass cabochon and Iranian dinar pendants in the effigy of Ahmad Shah Qajar, the second in silver partially gilded with engraved decoration, four carnelian cabochons and pendants in silver plates. H. ornament : 53 cm ; D. two pendants : 6 cm ; B.P. : 679 gGood condition, head chain missing . A silver ornament of braids, saclyk, Turkmenistan, Yomud, 20th centuryCollection Éric N. Lasry