Indian / Burmese Colonial silver belt buckle with deities, snakes and foliage

£170.00

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.

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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.

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