Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Boteh

Leafy sprays billow across this pendant, caught in light that makes them shimmer.

This plaque amulet depicting a boteh is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. It is coin silver. Silver amulets from Rajasthan are often made from coin silver, which gave smiths a metal of fairly standard purity that works well for stamping and engraving. Large teardrop shape with a leaf-like boss and an upright loop at the top. Plump leaves and swirling tendrils fill the face in raised relief, and the pale yellow-grey surface is crinkled with wear. It is 0.5 inches long and 0.75 high.

Swirls that have clearly been well loved.