TWO FINE GOLD JEWELLERY ORNAMENTS WITH TURQUOISE AND PRECIOUS STONE INLAYS AS HAIR ACCESSORIES

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3.000 € - 5.000 €

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Description:

Tibet, 20th c.
L. 14 cm
The set for a high government official sees both ornaments with a leaf-shaped upper section decorated with a central kirttimukha holding a snake in his claws placed within a flaming border, one jewel with the lower part in the form of a round medallion mounted with a lotus dais, its counterweight ornamented with a spherical lower part displaying a large central hole, both finely and extensively studded with turquoise beads, the reverse of both with each a hook for attachment and the first ornament with an additional small peg in the middle of a circular band containing the Eight Buddhist Emblems encompassed by scrolling tendrils.
Southern German private collection, assembled from 1961 to 2003
A very similar set is published by Jane Casey Singer 'Gold Jewelry from Tibet and Nepal - Very minor traces of age

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