KERALA, SOUTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A GOLD NECKLACE
KERALA, SOUTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising 14 pendants, each with a Buddha figure with two pointed finials above and two hanging pendants below, flanked by 9 ribbed gold beads at each side, in good condition
7 3/8in. (18.8cm.) long

Provenance

By repute Maastricht, 1990s

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Lot Essay

The ribbed gold beads at each end of the necklace closely resemble those on an example in a private collection, published Usha R. Bala Krishnan and Meera Sushil Kumar, Dance of the Peacock: Jewellery Traditions of India, Mumbai, 1999, p.239, no.385.

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