Two pieces from a silver belt, embossed, chased, and engraved

These two pieces were made with the repoussé technique, in which the motif was embossed from the back. It probably decorated a belt, and the rings were used to attach weapons or a purse, for example.

Both the curved arch at the top of the two pieces and the lotus-like arabesques on the background are motifs that are typical of Il-Khanid art in Iran. The quite true-to-life depictions of deer are also characteristic of the Il-Khanid period, when similar animals were found on ceramics of the Sultanabad type.