Pendant
Title Pendant
Accession Number 49.262/11
Museum Name National Museum, New Delhi
Gallery Name Jewellery
Object Type Jewellery
Main Material Gold
Manufacturing Technique Hand-made
Find Place Sirkap, Taxila
Period / Year of Work c.1st cent. BCE
Dimensions L 5.9 X Dai: 3 cms.
Brief Description

The gold disc-and-pendant ear jewel is in the form of a flat disc adorned in the center with a flower in full bloom. The inner row of petals is plain while the outer petals of triangular form are decorated with embossed granules. Between these petals are globules of gold. Around the flower are concentric bands of wire enclosing a row of 'S' shaped wires, two rows of plaited wire and a rim of twisted wire. From the bottom are suspended plaited chains and at the top is a flat loop behind.