An elaborate solid gold ribbon ornament Java, Indonesia, 7th - 12th century | 印尼爪哇 七至十二世紀 金扣

These elaborately detailed ornaments likely take their form from depictions of Vishnu’s mount, Garuda, the great solar bird. The form of this object is speculated to come from the crown that Garuda is often depicted to be wearing, a very good example being a sculpture found in Brooke’s Point, Palawan in the southern Philippines. The naturalistic depiction was soon stylised to the point that the original form was completely transformed, something that occurs very often in the development of Javanese motifs. The objects here, for instance, no longer possess the original triangular form, one being circular (lot 1066) and one being hexagonal (present lot). However, they still both feature the wavy band and the elaborate floral designs seen on the original.

這些設計精美的裝飾物的式樣可能源於對毗濕奴的坐騎：大鵬金翅鳥迦樓羅的描述。據推測，這件物品的形狀來自描述中迦樓羅經常佩戴的王冠，可參考在菲律賓南部巴拉望省布魯克角發現的一尊雕塑。這種自然主義的描繪很快就被風格化，以至於其原始形式被完全改變了，這在爪哇圖案的發展進程中時常發生。以此處物件為例，兩件都摒棄了原物件的三角形，轉而使用圓形（編號1066）和六邊形（本品）。然而他們又同時保留了原版所見的波浪形帶狀裝飾和精緻的花卉圖案。