Perfume Bottle on Pendant Chain with Bangles and Geometric Engravings

This flask is silver, intricately designed with chains attached to the body via rings that each end in a bangle at the bottom. Each bangle is engraved in lines and an inner pattern that mimics the form of the silhouette. The body of the flask is triangular in form with a conical opening; the flask itself is engraved with semicircles and crosshatched lines, seemingly all done by hand. A long loop chain ends in a circular belt attachment that has a complex fitment with five chain connectors instead of one, divided up by horizontal bands every two units, ending in a cylindrical flask top. Bangles also adorn this part of the chain. Further Reading Layla S. Diba, Turkmen Jewelry: Silver Ornaments from the Marshall and Marilyn Wolf Collection (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011). Hossein Noruzi, and Imanzakariai Kermani, “Concepts of Motifs in Culture: a Review of the Jewelry of Turkmen Women,” Chitrolekha International Magazine on Art and Design 5, no. 2 (2015): 13–26. Emma Kang ’25, Keiko Behrens ’25, Claire Goldman ’23, Thea Vrentas ’24https://digital.kenyon.edu/arthistorystudycollection/2109/thumbnail.jp