Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Warrior on Lion

Admire a little house-shaped plaque shows a rider on a winged beast under a fringe of raised arms.

This coin silver plaque amulet depicting a warrior on a lion is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. Coin silver is an alloy that usually contains somewhat less silver than sterling, and in South Asia silver was often made from melted coins. Together, a pale, hammered plaque with a pointed top and a loop for hanging, shaped like a small house. Inside a raised border it shows an animal with a feathered wing and a figure above it, with beaded edge detail. It is 0.5 inches long and 0.75 high.

Compact and busy, with a lot of story in a small frame.