A PAIR OF GOLD SPIKE EARRINGS
Southeast Asian archipelago / Cambodia, 19th century or earlier. The earrings with radiating spikes and a beaded border.

Condition: show traces of wear and age, bending, and material loss.
Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.

Weight: 5 g and 4.5 g
Dimensions: Diameter 2.2 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related pair of earrings, dated to the 19th century or earlier, published in The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum, page 214, Budapest 2013.