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Ear Ornaments Sheet gold filled with lac Southern India, Tamil Nadu
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
- Ear Ornaments
- Sheet gold filled with lac
- Dimensions: i. 2 in (5 cm) max, ii. 1 1/5 in (3.8 cm) max, iii. 1 11/16 in (4.3 cm) max
i. Pambadam or Nagapadam constructed in a geometric design consisting of balls, cubes, circles and rhomboid shapes, thought to either represent a bird or a serpent.
ii. & iii. Thandatti constructed in a geometric design consisting of spheres, semi-circles, rectangles and triangular shapes, resembling a three dimensional yantra.
ii. & iii. Thandatti constructed in a geometric design consisting of spheres, semi-circles, rectangles and triangular shapes, resembling a three dimensional yantra.
Catalogue Note
For other examples see Oppi Untracht, Traditional Jewelry of India, New York, 1997, p. 221, figs 442 and 443. Also Elizabeth Markevitch ed., Indian Jewellery Bijoux Indiens, Switzerland, 1987, p. 97, fig. 42.