Beautiful Colonial Indian or Burmese belt buckle, the thick coin-silver body cast & incised with a four-armed female deity, possibly Lakshmi. Set in openwork foliate scrollwork with a fluted border band in the form of two coiling cobra snakes.
Dating to 1880's.
XRF tested for 900 silver.
92.08 g
14 cm long altogether
8 cm wide
Multiple lead repairs to reverse; small dings to silver along the hook part; some small losses to lotus flowers the woman is holding; small splits.
Beautiful Colonial Indian or Burmese belt buckle, the thick coin-silver body cast & incised with a four-armed female deity, possibly Lakshmi. Set in openwork foliate scrollwork with a fluted border band in the form of two coiling cobra snakes.
Dating to 1880's.
XRF tested for 900 silver.
92.08 g
14 cm long altogether
8 cm wide
Multiple lead repairs to reverse; small dings to silver along the hook part; some small losses to lotus flowers the woman is holding; small splits.
