A gold pectoral (karai). Southern India, Kerala. Late 19th/early 20th century - image-1

Lot 297 Dα

A gold pectoral (karai). Southern India, Kerala. Late 19th/early 20th century

Auction 1072 - overview Cologne
10.06.2016, 14:00 - Asian Art II incl. The Helmersen Coll. of Chinese Art
Estimate: 8.000 € - 9.000 €

A gold pectoral (karai). Southern India, Kerala. Late 19th/early 20th century

A Kerala gold pectoral (karai), worked in five pieces connected by hinges and with a clasp, displaying domed discs which decrease in size towards the clasp, and ornaments in twisted wire and granules and with a small stone pendant. Weight 322.7 g (including the shellac filling). Southern India. Late 19th/early 20th century.
Measurements ca. 28.6 x 21.5 cm

Literature

Compare an almost identical pectoral in: Hans Weihreter, Schätze der Menschen und Götter, Augsburg 1993, p. 40 and 55, no. 21