Pair of large Khorsa Kbach ear ornaments in 18K (750) gold, each composed of an open ring terminating on one side in an opening circular motif, set with an oval sapphire surrounded by pink sapphires and smaller sapphires encircled by rose-cut diamonds, adorned with a rharnati finial embellished with an emerald and then a sapphire, the ring and reverse of the main motif entirely enameled in raised fields of flowery foliage. Moroccan work, Fez, late 19th century. Height: approx. 6.7 cm. Gross weight: 90.4 g (chips, bumps, missing enamel) These ornaments, which could be suspended from a headdress by chains, were popular in northern Morocco at the end of the 19th century with both Jewish and Muslim women. The rharnati motif, embellished with an emerald, literally "ram's head", may also give this type of jewelry its name. The model appears to date back to the late 16th - early 17th century. The main motif reveals a compartment with pierced edges, which may have been used to hold a talisman or a scented substance. Similar examples are preserved at the Musée du Quai Branly (MQB 74.1969.II.1-2). Paul Eudel, Dictionnaire des bijoux de l'Afrique du Nord -Maroc, Algérie, Tunisie, Tripolitaine-, Casablanca, 1906, p. 106-107. Marie-Rose Rabaté, Bijoux du Maroc, Edisud, Aix en Provence, 1999, p 44. We would like to thank Camille Celier, an expert in Islamic art, for his kind assistance in identifying and understanding these objects.