A GOLD REPOUSSE 'ELEPHANT AND TIGER' PECTORAL
Burma/ Myanmar region, 16th-18th century. Of rectangular shape, depicting an elephant fighting with a tiger, framed by a beaded border, the top with two attachments for suspension inlaid with gemstones within a beaded border.

Condition: Very good condition, dents, and light surface scratches, one bead missing.
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: 22.6 g
Dimensions: Length 5.5 cm, height 5 cm