Our catalogue > Central Asian & Turkish Jewellery

Showcased here are all the fine examples of jewellery & items of adornment that we have for sale from Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Turkey.

Most items have been sourced from within the UK, often from old colonial-era collections.

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4930

Ottoman Gilded Buckle inset with Carved Coral Cabochons

Ottoman Turkey, Greece or Balkans
18th-19th century

length: 20cm, width of buckle (without dangles), 7cm, weight: 216g

Provenance

UK art market

8995

Fine Pair of Ersari Turkoman Engraved Silver Cuff Bracelets

Ersari Turkoman People, Turkmenistan, , Afghanistan & Pakistan
early 20th century

width: 6.5cm, diameter: widest at 7.1cm (adjustable), combined weight: 207g

Provenance

UK art market

4932

Kurdish Silver Buckle

Kurdish People, Northern Iraq
early 20th century

length: 31cm, height: 12cm, weight: 381g

Provenance

UK art market

3560

Kazakh Parcel-Gilt Silver Bracelet

Kazak People, Central Asia
early 20th century

height: 5.7cm, exterior width: 7.4cm, interior width at widest point: 6cm, weight: 158g

Provenance

UK art market

3082

Turkmen Parcel-Gilt Silver Bridal Comb

Turkmen People, Central Asia
early 19th century

length: 6.2cm, 25g

Provenance

UK art market

5731

Ottoman Silver Filigree Waist Buckle & Silver Chains

Ottoman Turkey & Balkans
19th century

circumference: approximately 55cm, weight: 353g

Provenance

UK art market

2332

Pair of Fire-Gilded Silver & Carnelian Cuff Bracelets (Bilezik)

Tekke People, Southern Turkmenistan
circa 1870

height: 9.5cm, width: 6.5cm, weight: 493g

Provenance

UK art market

4672

Parcel Gilded Silver Buckle

Balkans
18th-19th century

length: 21.5cm, width: 7.2cm, height: weight: 302g

Provenance

UK art market

6944

Uzbek Gold Nose Ring (Arabek)

Uzbek People, Central Asia, including Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan
early 20th century

width: 2.1cm, height: 2.9cm, weight: 4g

Provenance

private European collection

8911

Ottoman Syrian Silver & Coral Cuff Bracelet

Ottoman Syria or Anatolia, Turkey
19th century

length: 7.8cm, diameter: approximately 7cm, weight: 192g

Provenance

UK art market

8993

Pair of Turkoman High-Grade Silver Bracelets

Turkoman people, Northern Afghanistan
19th century

length: 7.8cm, internal diameter (widest): approximately 6.5cm, combined weight: 236g

Provenance

UK art market

8071

Selection of Silver & Gilded Silver Trade Beads

India, Sri Lanka, Central Asia, Indonesia, Morocco
19th century

length of strand: 56.5cm, weight: 119g

Provenance

Private collection, UK

9336

Rare Central Asian Boy’s ‘Bow & Arrow’ Silver Amulet for the Back

Central Asia or Afghanistan, probably Turkoman/Turkmen People
19th century

circumference of chain: approximately 52cm, width of amulet: 13.8cm, weight: 105g

Provenance

UK art market

9209

Central Asian Parcel-Gilt Silver Comb inset with Turquoise

Uzbek people, Central Asia
19th century

length: 14.4cm, width: 7.5cm, weight: 173g

Provenance

private collection, Germany

6129

Uzbek Silver-Gilt Bridal Crown (Kosh-e-tilla)

Bukhara, Uzbekistan
late 19th century

width: 18.8cm, height: 11.6cm, weight: 61g

Provenance

private collection, UK.

6954

Central Asian Silver & Glass Bead Earrings

Uzbek People, Central Asia, including Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan & Turkmenistan, or Nuristan, Afghanistan
19th or early 20th century

height: 6.7cm, combined weight: 14g

Provenance

private European collection

6581

Unusual Armenian or Kurdish Silver Belt

Armenian people, Armenia or Turkey; or Kurdish People, Turkey
19th century

overall length: approximately 86cm, diameter of buckle: 8.5cm, overall weight: 482g

Provenance

UK art market

6463

Ottoman-style Greek Gilded, Embossed Silver Buckle

Ottoman Greece
19th century

length: 23cm, width: 8.1cm, weight: 130g

Provenance

UK art market

4837

Tekke Fire-Gilded Gilt Silver Cuff Bracelet

Tekke people, Central Asia, including Afghanistan
19th-20th century

external width across: 7.2cm, internal width across: 5.7cm, height: 4.3cm, width of opening: 3.3cm, weight: 164g

Provenance

UK art market

6203

Tekke Parcel-Gilt, Pierced, Pectoral Ornament (Dagdan) inset with Carnelians

Teke People, Afghanistan
19th century

length: 25cm, width: 15cm, weight: 239g

Provenance

UK art market

6026

Ottoman Balkans or Armenian Gilded Belt Buckle set with Coral & Turquoise

Ottoman Balkans
18th-19th century

length: 21cm, height: 9cm, weight: 343g

Provenance

UK art market