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US$1,100-1,800
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TWO FINE "KALA" GOLD EAR ORNAMENTS
Each of inverted U-shaped design, one very finely cast and chased with a design of a kala head with protruberant eyes and extended tongue, surrounded above and below by stylised flames, the counterweight in the shape of a highly stylised bird, the other of similar design but much more abstracted, circa 8th to 10th century
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Each of inverted U-shaped design, one very finely cast and chased with a design of a kala head with protruberant eyes and extended tongue, surrounded above and below by stylised flames, the counterweight in the shape of a highly stylised bird, the other of similar design but much more abstracted, circa 8th to 10th century
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