A fine gold pendant

Description:

Nepal, 19th/20th cent.
B. 6,4 cm
Tear-shaped medallion on which small freshwater pearls and gold blätter hängen. Turquoise border. Central figure Vishnu made of green rock crystal riding on Garuda made of lapis lazuli whose wings are made of coral. Vishnu holds in his golden hands the attributes gada and cakra (above) as well as padma and sankha as pearl (below). Garuda wears a beautiful golden crown. Two gold eyelets for chain on the back.
From an important Southern German private collection, acquired at Sotheby's London, 16.2.1981, lot 670 - Very slightly chipped