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Drinking Vessel made from a Seashell
Mid-13th - 14th century
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Pectoral(?)
Mid-13th century
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Pendant featuring the family device
of the "House of Batu"
1227 - mid-1270s
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Belt Fittings
1227 - mid-1270s
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A characteristic feature of the artistic metal of the
middle Golden Horde period (late 13th - 1360s) is that the pieces
were produced to commissions from the aristocracy by urban craftsmen.
By the middle of the 14th century there were some 150 urban centres
on Golden Horde territory with the trade route to China passing through
them. Works of Golden Horde toreutics combined the still unforgotten
traditions of Central Asia craftsmanship with new elements in which
we can recognize subjects and typical techniques of the goldsmiths
of the Near and Middle East. The display presents the art of filigree,
a new style of which established itself in the nomad camps of the
Golden Horde. Due to the trading links from the Sarai capitals by
way of the Crimea and the maritime branch of the revived Silk Route,
spiral filigree, which came into vogue "worldwide", reached
the upper reaches of the Nile and Damascus in the 14th century. |
