拍品 87
87
AN UNUSUAL MUTHTHIRAI SIGNET RING
AN UNUSUAL MUTHTHIRAI SIGNET RING

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AN UNUSUAL MUTHTHIRAI SIGNET RING
Designed as an oval-shaped plaque engraved to the top in Nagari characters with an invocation to Rama, the side shoulders decorated with the Kirthimukha, to the broad band with rosette detail, South Indian, early - mid 19th century

拍品專文

The Kirthimukha are the faces of glory also known as the magical protective masks.

Cf. Oppi Untracht, "Traditional Jewelery of India" Thames and Hudson (1997) p. 261 illustration 604/605