Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Boteh

Bold, plump scrolls fill this pendant, with a hairline crack crossing the middle.

This plaque amulet depicting a boteh is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. It is coin silver. The motif is often linked to the shape of a leaf, a seed or a cypress, and it is widely seen on Kashmir shawls and Persian cloth. Upturned curl at lower left and an angular loop at top, with thick tendrils branching like antlers. Surface is a bright, polished pale grey with a fine line crossing the face and scuffs near the edge. It is 0.5 inches long and 0.75 high.

Heavy-handed with the curls, and glad of it.