Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Vishnupadaka Under Chhatri

A tiny gabled panel with two big bells, a lotus-like flourish, and flower studs at the corners.

This plaque amulet depicting vishnupadaka under a chhatri is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. It is coin silver. The vishnupadaka is a pair of footprints that stands for the presence of Vishnu, and devotees in India have long revered such sacred footprints as objects of worship. A flat plaque with a loop at the top, framed in dotted lines. Two fringed bells hang from a ribbed canopy, with leaf sprays, a waffle-patterned oval below, and four round rosettes at the corners. The surface is bright with gray in the recesses. It is 1 inches long and 1.5 high.

Everything is ornamented, and nothing is out of place.