Turkish/Kurdish... or else?

[Phil]

The niello is , of course, of Caucasian origin, ie NE Anatolia.

Besides the fact that Anatolia and Caucasus are adjacent but they aren’t the same region, niello is NOT of Caucasian origin:

http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/ar...9373477/niello

http://aic.stanford.edu/jaic/article...21-02-006.html

[Marc]

Thank you, Alex. Is not very clear, but a priori it indeed seems wootz. The rest of the work seems relatively modern, though. I don't know.

Phil, maybe I'm sticking my nose where I've not been invited to, but I think ariel meant that it was the neillo work in this particular piece what is of Caucasian origin...