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Naga necklace with small heads Nagaland

Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1970   item# 916283 (stock# 17419a)

Naga necklace with small heads Nagaland
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This is a very short necklace without an opening so it is most likely of more use for its components than for actual use. It consists of a string of glass beads, mostly orange with a few red and blue ones scattered in and eight old brass pieces. There are five faces each a little different and three melon shaped beads. The brass ornaments all show good age, with nice wear on the backs and also where they hang from a string. They are considerably older than the date we estimate for the neckla ...click for details


Nepalese Stone Plaque Vishnu 17th C. or Earlier

Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1700   item# 900448 (stock# 12755)

Nepalese Stone Plaque Vishnu 17th C. or Earlier
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Nepalese Stone Vishnu In describing this stone sculpture which has been in our possession for over twenty years we will quote extensively from Pratapaditya Pal's "Art of Nepal". In the first place, Vishnu's wheel and club are in opposite hands from what one usually sees: "The principal iconographic difference between this Vishnu and the tenth-century example is that here the god holds the flaming wheel with his upper right hand and the club with the corresponding le ...click for details

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