Indian Bronze Mold for Amulet

No figure at all, just a tall parasol flanked by two lidded pots.

This bronze mold for casting or pressing amulets is from India, and dates to the early 20th century. The design on a mold is cut in reverse, so the finished impression reads the right way round only once it has been taken from the mold. Polished, pale gold pentagonal slab with a deeply cut design: a tiered canopy over a pair of bell-shaped forms, with a small round pot topped by a finial at each side. A pointed arch and leaf shapes frame it. It is 1.25 inches wide, 1.5 deep and 0.25 high.

Clean lines, and a good sense of occasion.