Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Warrior on Lion

A round plaque with a scalloped edge and a creature at the center, ready to ride.

This coin silver plaque amulet depicting a warrior on a lion is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. Rajasthan has a strong martial heritage, and its jewelry traditions include pendants showing riders, deities and animals in repeating, stylized forms. A circular pendant with a thick, rounded top loop and a plain raised rim. In the middle an animal with a big leaf-shaped wing carries a figure, with small lines spreading out above. It is 0.5 inches long and 0.5 high.

Round, weighty and neatly packed with figures.