PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE 18K GOLD AND MALACHITE PENDANT AND EARRINGS SUITE, 20THE CENTURY

Comprising a pendant and a pair of matching ear studs, cast and chased in 18k yellow gold depicting the Andean deity Naylamp, legendary founder of the Lambayeque dynasty (Sicán culture). The pendant shows a stylised figure wearing a semicircular openwork headdress, hands to the chest, the lower part forming a crescent-shaped ceremonial blade (tumi) bezel-set with a banded malachite cabochon; turquoise and coral-coloured accents. The studs repeat the face and openwork headdress of the deity. Hallmarks: ‘18k’ H. 4 cm (pendant) gross weight: 5.90 gr. (pendant), 4.02 gr. (earrings) Condition: one earring post broken