AN INDO-PORTUGUESE CHRISTIAN GOLD RELIQUARY LOCKET WITH OPENWORK CROSS
Possibly Goa, Karnataka, Western India, late 17th - 18th century

Of oval shape, irradiating to an outer gold sheet border with scalloped rim, attached to an openwork oblong plaque pierced and engraved with two addorsed peacocks and foliage, the centre of the locket containing an openwork Christian cross with a luminous sunburst, compressed between two glass sheets, the outer thin gold sheet, most probably 18ct, showcasing chased, engraved and pierced decorative bands in the form of rosette frieze and geometric fretwork, 8.8cm x 5cm, 50gr.