AN INDIAN DEVOTIONAL WHITE METAL ENAMELLED PENDANT WITH SHRI NATH JI INVOCATION
Possibly Lucknow, Awadh (Oudh), or Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, late 19th century

In the shape of a cusped downward-facing cartouche, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, and green champlevé enamels, the front with an invocation in Devanagari script to Shri Nathji, a mystical, all-powerful idol of Krishna, manifested as a seven-year-old child (Balak) lifting Govardhan Hill, set in a roundel surrounded by floral meanderings, the reverse with Shri Nathji's aniconic symbol (two feet with swastika symbols) set in a roundel surrounded by vegetal sprays on a green-enamelled ground, with two hoops at the top attached to a suspension chain and link, 5.5cm x 3cm at widest points.