Pair of Silver Hoop Earrings, Saurashtra, Gujarat, India, 19th century

Pair of Silver Hoop Earrings

Saurashtra, Gujarat, India

19th century

diameter (approx): 4cm, combined weight: 10.7g

This elegant pair of solid silver hoop earrings is plain on the reverse and decorated on the from with careful scrolling vegetal chasing.

See Ganguly (2007, p. 74) illustrates related examples.

References

Ganguly, W., Earrings: Ornamental Identity and Beauty in India, B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2007.

Provenance

private collection, London.

Inventory no.: 4199

SOLD

A related Yemen necklace on display in the Islamic Art Museum Malaysia.

(Photographed February 2017.)