Title
Earring in the form of Mount Meru
Year/Period
700-1400
Region
East or Central Java, Indonesia
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: L2.1 cm
Accession No.
1997-03662
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ng
This fairly sophisticated gold earring is made in the form of Mount Meru, the symbolic centre of the Buddhist cosmos, a motif which central to much of Javanese design between the 8th and the 15th centuries. It was made using a combination of lost-wax casting and engraving which allowed for more detailed decoration of objects. Indeed the period in which this earring was made is marked by an increasing level of technical sophistication in gold-working on Java.
