A gold relief decorated taviz pendant, probably Deccan or Western India, late 16th-early 17th century, hammered and deeply chased with an winged angel on a scrolling vegetal ground with bird and lotus flower, set with a garnet and with two suspension loops, 4.8cm. 8 gramsTwo almost identical pendants are in the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, illustrated in Treasury of the World Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the the Mughals, Thames & Hudson, 2001, p. 46, no. 3.4.A gold relief decorated taviz pendant, probably Deccan or Western India, late 16th-early 17th century, hammered and deeply chased with an winged angel on a scrolling vegetal ground with bird and lotus flower, set with a garnet and with two suspension loops, 4.8cm. 8 gramsTwo almost identical pendants are in the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, illustrated in Treasury of the World Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the the Mughals, Thames & Hudson, 2001, p. 46, no. 3.4.