A NEPALESE GILT-SILVER AMULET-PENDANT, heart-shaped, with two hinged covers, one side with the four-armed Vishnu riding Garuda, flanked by elephants sprinkling holy-water from vessels, a pair of vidyadharas above, the other side with kirttimukha holding a pair of snakes in his hands and mouth, both profusely decorated with scrolling wires, flowers, with lapis lazuli, coral, turquoise and glass-beads inlay, the reverses engraved with a pair of matsyas , flanked by sun and moon, and the mantra , aum mani padma hum, the interior with golden plaques of Buddha Sakyamuni and Amitabha, surrounded by dense scrolling wires, turquoise and coral inlaid flower-heads, a shaped hinged element, set with turquoise-beads and large coral-bead finial, late 19th Century 9.5 cm high
A NEPALESE GILT-SILVER AMULET-PENDANT, heart-shaped, with two hinged covers, one side with the four-armed Vishnu riding Garuda, flanked by elephants sprinkling holy-water from vessels, a pair of vidyadharas above, the other side with kirttimukha holding a pair of snakes in his hands and mouth, both profusely decorated with scrolling wires, flowers, with lapis lazuli, coral, turquoise and glass-beads inlay, the reverses engraved with a pair of matsyas , flanked by sun and moon, and the mantra , aum mani padma hum, the interior with golden plaques of Buddha Sakyamuni and Amitabha, surrounded by dense scrolling wires, turquoise and coral inlaid flower-heads, a shaped hinged element, set with turquoise-beads and large coral-bead finial, late 19th Century 9.5 cm high
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