A FRAGMENTARY GOLD REPOUSSE 'TIGER CLAW' PENDANT, JAVA, 10TH-12TH CENTURY, the convex body with profuse scrolling decoration, a beaded neck above supporting a tubular suspension loop, 4.5 x 4.2cm, weight 12gr

Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.

There is a complete 'tiger claw' necklace from the Eilenberg-Rosen collection, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. Our fragment is closest to the central pendant. See https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49722