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In the millennia of its existence the art of Azerbaijani jewelry-making traversed a long road from the simplest techniques to the most sophisticated methods of workmanship. Azerbaijani jewelry – making art began to develop from XI century B.C. It shows the high level of development of Azerbaijani jewelry – making art.

The analysis of the discovered items shows the mastership of the ancient jewelers and the successive character of this art: many of these ornaments "survived" till our time, having preserved their form fully or in different elements which had partially lost their initial significance. In present-day Azerbaijan there are still quite popular hollow gold beads, round ("pill") and oval ("arpa" barley seed) in form.

Filigree items are extremely diverse in form with a multitude of details and a complex composition. Details were added in the form of medallions, multipetaled flowers (solar symbol), fishes, stars, leaves and crescents, "buta" and cone shaped protrusions called "gubbe". The items were also ornamented with gems and semi-precious stones set in a raised cast called "juva". The most popular gems were the ruby, emerald and turquoise, although coloured minerals were used as well.
Jeweler in XIX century was made of gold and silver. Silver jeweler is sometimes identical and sometimes sismilar to that of gold in form and technique. The silver items, depending on their purpose, were gilded or engraved and covered with niello.

The large collection of plate belts of the general Caucasian type is made up of stamped niello elements strung on a narrow leather belt, and a buckle, also covered with niello. Their distinctive feature is the diversity of their ornamentation and the shape of their buckles.
Such cities as Baki, Ganja, Shamakhi, Sheki, Shusha, Nakhchivan, Tabriz, Ardabil and etc. were centers of jewelry – making.

The jewelry was the final element in the Azerbaijani clothing. It completed the beauty and luxury of the clothes.Azerbaijani women loved jewels very much and used them with subtle taste. They used different kinds of necklaces, belts, rings, special golden and silver jewels for chest and head, earrings, bracelets for both foot and arm. The complete set of some kind of jewels is called “imaret”.
 

 
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