Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Warrior on Horse

Square-shouldered and busy, with a damaged loop and a crowded scene below.

This plaque amulet depicting a warrior on horse is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. It is coin silver. A plaque amulet typically shows a single figure in low relief, with the outline and details worked into a thin sheet of metal. Squarish plaque with a narrow loop that is bent and chipped at the tip. The relief shows a figure and an animal in dense, shallow lines, with a plant-like shape above. A simple border runs around the field. It is 0.5 inches long and 0.75 high.

Cramped quarters, but everyone stayed in the frame.