A LARGE MALAY SILVER NIELLO BELT BUCKLE (PINDING) Malay World,...

A LARGE MALAY SILVER NIELLO BELT BUCKLE (PINDING)
Malay World, Malaysia or Indonesia, late 19th century

Of elongated elliptic shape with flaring ends and slightly convex in form, covered with niello and chased with vegetal scrolls and flowers on the central raised plaque; similar buckles were also worn by Minangkabau people of West Sumatra.

7.9cm x 10.4cm; overall weight 141.1g.

Literature:
Backman, M., Malay Silver and Gold: Courtly Splendour from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Thailand, River Books, 2024.
Ling Roth H., Oriental Silverwork Malay and Chinese, London, Truslove & Hanson, 1910, fig 95 and Choo Avieropoulou A., A guide to the Collections National Museum Singapore SILVER, cat. 42, p. 48.
Summerfield, A., & J., Walk in Splendor: Ceremonial Dress and the Minangkabau, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1999.
Ho Wing Meng, Straits Silver. A collector's Guide, Marshall Cavendish International, Singapore, 2004, figg. 27-28, p. 59.