Details

11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) long, the largest

Provenance
97.048: London Art Market, 1997.
P98.004: Maharukh Desai, London, 1998.
Literature
For illustrations of similar silver torques, see O. Untracht, Traditional Jewelry of India, 1997, pgs. 227-230.
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O. Untracht notes that the "basic torque form, preferably of one, solid (thos) piece of metal, is worn throughout the Gangetic plain area" of northern India and is often engraved with the name of the torque's past owner; see O. Untracht, Traditional Jewelry of India, 1997, p. 227.

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