A PAIR OF INDIAN GOLD ORNAMENTS WITH CONCH
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A PAIR OF INDIAN GOLD ORNAMENTS WITH CONCH AND FLOWER
South India, 18th-19th century. A pair of massive gold-cast ear ornaments in the form of a conch with a conical upper part with gold thread decoration and a flower on top.
Condition: Good condition with traces of wear and age, bending, and soil encrustations.
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: 61.7 g (total)
Dimensions: Height 5.5 cm
South India, 18th-19th century. A pair of massive gold-cast ear ornaments in the form of a conch with a conical upper part with gold thread decoration and a flower on top.
Condition: Good condition with traces of wear and age, bending, and soil encrustations.
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: 61.7 g (total)
Dimensions: Height 5.5 cm
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A PAIR OF INDIAN GOLD ORNAMENTS WITH CONCH
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