Necklace and Decorative Chain with Terminals

anonymous, c. 900 - c. 1000

These two intricately worked ornaments differ greatly in character. The necklace consists of sixteen hollow ‘tiger claw’ pendants mounted on little tubes for frontal display. The chain is made of interlocking gold links and is therefore highly flexible. It features a bud or fruit pendant at one end and an open flower at the other.

  • Artwork typehalsketting
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1307
  • Dimensionslength 29 cm x width 18 cm x height 15 cm x weight 34.84 g

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Necklace and Decorative Chain with Terminals
    • Necklace

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1307

  • Description

    Elk deel van de ketting heeft de vorm een tijgerklauw.

Creation

  • Creation

    goldsmith: anonymous, Indonesia

  • Dating

    c. 900 - c. 1000

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    length 29 cm x width 18 cm x height 15 cm x weight 34.84 g

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Jelske Wagenaar-Terpstra, 1979)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from Mrs Jelske Wagenaar-Terpstra, Amsterdam, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1979;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1979

Documentation

    • P. Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'Ancient Gold Jewellery from Central Java', Arts of Asia (July-August 1994).
    • F. Heiler, Erscheinungsformen und Wesen der Religionen, Die Religionen der Menscheit, Bd. I, 1961, p. 341 e.v.
    • M. Th. de Mallmann, 'A propos d'une coiffure et d'une collier d'Avalotites'vara, Oriental Art I (1949) 4, p. 168-176.

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