Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Boteh

Compact and tidy, this little pendant is all leaf and curl beneath a petaled boss.

This plaque amulet depicting a boteh is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. It is coin silver. Plaque amulets are flat, usually pierced for a cord, and carry a single image in relief or engraving so that it can be worn close to the body. Narrower teardrop with an upright loop, leaf-shaped ridges around a central stem and a round bulb at the curled end. Surface is pale grey, bright along the high points and slightly dark in the grooves. It is 0.5 inches long and 0.75 high.

Small frame, big ambitions in leaf form.