Leilão Bidspirit | A pair of gold earrings

A pair of gold earrings with geometric elements (loriyan) India, Gujarat, early 20th century Weight: 17 grams - Made of lacquer coated with gold to form a facetted cube surmounting a truncated cylinder from which it is separated by a decorative band with a small sphere motif. Earrings of this type are worn by the women of the Mehar community. For a comparative specimen see Anne van Cutsem, Ethnic Earrings. Africa, Asia, America from the Ghysels Collection, Skira 2001, pp. 114 and 324.