A GOLD EAR ORNAMENT, JAVA, 8TH-12TH CENTURY

A GOLD EAR ORNAMENT, JAVA, 8TH-12TH CENTURY, with a central vacant quatrefoil within scrolling foliate decoration, length 3.5cm, weight 11.4g

Cf. a closely comparable ear ornament in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Gift of Jeanette and Jonathan Rosen, object no.1998.544.49

Provenance:
The property of Mrs. Agnes Van Gessler Verschuir, wife of Mr. Peter Rudolf Wolter van Gessler Verschuir, Governor of Yogyakarta, Java from 1929 to 1932, and thence by descent.