Necklace
20th century (made)
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A rectangular silver pendant amulet, decorated with 8 floral motifs within a grid pattern, set with paste and turquoise. Two tiger claws encasedt in silver and set with small pieces of turquoise and attached clusters of bells are fixed to its lower edged, nth century. It hangs from a chain (looped round wire, round chain), with an S-shaped clasp, by three suspension loops decorated with floral motifs set with turquoise.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, paste, turquoise and tiger-claw |
| Brief description | Chain (looped round wire round chain), with s-shaped clasp, pendant of rectangular silver set with paste and turquoise and set with two tiger claws. India, 20th century |
| Physical description | A rectangular silver pendant amulet, decorated with 8 floral motifs within a grid pattern, set with paste and turquoise. Two tiger claws encasedt in silver and set with small pieces of turquoise and attached clusters of bells are fixed to its lower edged, nth century. It hangs from a chain (looped round wire, round chain), with an S-shaped clasp, by three suspension loops decorated with floral motifs set with turquoise. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Oppi Untracht |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in Untracht, Oppi, Traditional Indian Jewelry, London, Thames and Hudson, 1997, figs, pp. 92.-93 |
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| Accession number | IS.126-2009 |
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| Record created | October 26, 2009 |
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