LOT 726 A TRIBAL WIRE-WRAPPED SILVER HANSLI TORQUE, GUJARAT c. 1900s
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A TRIBAL WIRE-WRAPPED SILVER HANSLI TORQUE, GUJARAT c. 1900sGujarat, India, around 1900. The torque is made of a single silver rod intricately wrapped with wire, at the front is a roundel decorated with nodes of different sizes, the arms of the metal rod go through the roundel, and one of them is designed to spring out so that the torque can be opened and worn around the neck. Condition: Good condition with expected traces of use and wear as well as losses to the wire. One small part of the rod is wrapped in plastic wire. Provenance: Romy Rey Collection, London. Romy Rey (1938-2020) was born in Zurich, Switzerland, studied in Paris and Geneva, and settled in London in the 1960s. She shared her life with the artist Brian Davies (1942-2014), in London and in Southern France. Romy was an avid traveler and dedicated collector of tribal art. Her paintings often portrayed images of ancient or tribal objects in imaginary settings. Weight: 126 g Dimensions: Diameter 17.5 cmLiterature comparison: For a related torque also crafted from silver, see the Traditional Jewelry of India by Oppi Untracht, page 230, number 482. Another similar torque is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number IS.142-2019.Hansli or Hasli neckpieces are of rigid torque-like form and are a common rural ornament for women of northern India, it takes its name from hasli, 'collar bone' upon which rests the front of the torque. Hansli were worn by Lambadi or Sugali women as a marriage symbol.
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