Large Kazakh ZHUZIK tribal silver plateau ring with gilded radial rosette central asian ethnographic jewelry

Kazakh silver ring with partial fire gilding.
Central Asia.
Raised circular plateau ring structured in a radial composition. The central oval element is surrounded by nine applied pear-shaped motifs arranged in a crown-like formation. Each element is bordered with stamped beaded decoration. Traces of fire gilding remain visible on the motifs and selected peripheral reserves.
The intermediate field displays dense punchwork alternating with almond-shaped gilded reserves. The outer border is reinforced with double stamped beaded rows.
The wide cylindrical shank is finely horizontally striated, a recurrent technical feature in Kazakh silverwork.
This monumental plateau typology belongs to the corpus of Central Asian female adornment associated with ceremonial and status display within nomadic societies.
Even aged patina. Wear consistent with age and use.

AGE: Early 20th century

MATERIAL: high grade silver, vermeil

SIZE(US) : 9 (see photos)

WEIGHT: 96 grams

OVERALL CONDITION:
Very good condition, with high quality workmanship.

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- A world of rings, Anne van Cutsem, SKIRA, 2000, p.115
- Bijoux ethniques dʼAfrique, dʼAsie, et des îles du Pacifique: La collection van der Star, Ed. P. Picquier, 2002, p.109
- Bijoux des toits du Monde: De la Chine au Caucase, Bérénice Geoffroy- Schneiter, Fondation Baur/Musée des Arts dʼExtrême-Orient/5 Continents Ed., 2012, p.140
- Turkmen jewelry: Silver ornaments from the Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf collection, Layla S. Diba, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Yale University Press, 2011, p.202
- Jewellery from the Orient, Treasures from the Bir collection, Wolf-Dieter Seiwert, ARNOLDSCHE, 2009, p.594
- Orfèvres lointains, Bijoux dʼAfrique, dʼAsie, dʼOcéanie et dʼAmérique, France Borel, Ed. Hazan, 1994, p.131