Lot Essay
US$600-900
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TWO CAKRA GOLD EAR ORNAMENTS
The larger with the front designed as a circular plaque envraved with a lotus representing a 'cakra' or Buddhist wheel of law, the reverse elaborately chased with abstract foliage, the smaller ornament of similar design but simply set with a mirror within a granulated border, circa 8th century and 9th to 10th century, mirror later added
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The larger with the front designed as a circular plaque envraved with a lotus representing a 'cakra' or Buddhist wheel of law, the reverse elaborately chased with abstract foliage, the smaller ornament of similar design but simply set with a mirror within a granulated border, circa 8th century and 9th to 10th century, mirror later added
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