Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Lion

Big-headed creature with a smooth mane marches under a tiny flower-like boss.

This plaque amulet depicting a lion is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. It is coin silver. The lion is a familiar emblem of strength in Indian art, and in Hindu imagery it appears as the mount of the goddess Durga. Side on, a round pendant with a beaded rim and a small ringed rosette above the body. The animal has a smooth, rounded head, a long body and a curled tail rising at the right. The loop looks bent. The surface is bright gray. It is 0.5 inches long and 0.75 high.

Stout of head and certain of its direction.