Necklace
20th century (made)
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The necklace with its knitted wire chain and clasp has nine pendant die-stamped amulets. . At the back hanging from the clasp is a rectangular amulet shaped with a cusped arched top and stamped with an image of a hero wielding a sword on horseback with his consort seated behind a small dog underneath. The remaining pendants are all attached to each other, of which the two outer circular ones also have images of heroes on horseback with the right hand one also including a female seated behind and a small dog beneath. The next pendants on either side represent Durga on her lion: that on the left being stamped within a cusped arched frame in a hexagonal-shaped amulet, while the right hand one is roughly square-shaped with a cusped arched top to the pendant. Next to these is a pair of yoni-shaped amulets, which, although not identical, are stamped with the footprints of Visnu under a parasol set within a cusped arched frame central rectangular pendant has four attachment loops and is stamped with an image of Ganesh and Lakshmi. A yoni-shaped amulet hangs below this with applied tree of life symbols.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Die-stamped silver |
| Brief description | Necklace of amulets, silver, India, 20th century |
| Physical description | The necklace with its knitted wire chain and clasp has nine pendant die-stamped amulets. . At the back hanging from the clasp is a rectangular amulet shaped with a cusped arched top and stamped with an image of a hero wielding a sword on horseback with his consort seated behind a small dog underneath. The remaining pendants are all attached to each other, of which the two outer circular ones also have images of heroes on horseback with the right hand one also including a female seated behind and a small dog beneath. The next pendants on either side represent Durga on her lion: that on the left being stamped within a cusped arched frame in a hexagonal-shaped amulet, while the right hand one is roughly square-shaped with a cusped arched top to the pendant. Next to these is a pair of yoni-shaped amulets, which, although not identical, are stamped with the footprints of Visnu under a parasol set within a cusped arched frame central rectangular pendant has four attachment loops and is stamped with an image of Ganesh and Lakshmi. A yoni-shaped amulet hangs below this with applied tree of life symbols. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Oppi Untracht |
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| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in Untracht, Oppi, Traditional Indian Jewelry,London, Thames and Hudson, 1997, pl. 158, p.98 |
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| Accession number | IS.75-2009 |
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| Record created | October 26, 2009 |
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