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Tibetan temple pendants

Posted by Joost Daalder on August 16, 2011 at 8:46am
Noblewoman's gold and turquoise temple pendants. Tibet, Lhasa; early 20th c. Height: 13.6 cm. Gold, turquoise. Shown in Truus Daalder, *Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment*, p. 282 (described pp. 282-3). This is about the best quality turquoise used. But see also the box posted adjacently.
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  • Sigrid van Roode August 16, 2011 at 6:39pm
    Oh Joost these are fantastic!
  • Joost Daalder August 16, 2011 at 9:24pm
    Many thanks, Sigrid. I can only agree. We bought both the temple pendants AND the box, though not at the same time (actually the box first), from Paul Rutten in Amsterdam many years ago.
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