A set of three silver coin necklaces

INDIA, 20TH CENTURY

细节

A set of three silver coin necklaces
India, 20th century
Each Interspersed with beads or metal and silver coins, some with remains of the original impression remaining, with a large central medallion
25½ in. (64.8 cm.), the longest (3)

来源

Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, late 1960s or early 1970s

拍品专文

Coins have been minted in India since the first centuries B.C., and have been used as ornaments in jewelry practically ever since. While possessing an obvious aesthetic quality, coins in jewelry were also a wealth signifier - the wearer had to have a surplus to devote any of them to jewelry.