We suspect this creature is a snow leopard or a clouded leopard? It has a bushy tail so that rules out a lot of big cats. This makes sense (in theory) because these two species of leopard lived in the general vicinity of Nepal so it’s possible that some British explorer / naturalist had this made. We could be overthinking it, though - sometimes a leopard is just a leopard.
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- Materials
14k gold (tests), citrine, new 14k gold chain
- Age
c. 1820
- Condition
Very good - tiny chip on the citrine intaglio
- Size
7/8" length, 18" chain
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1714 — 1837
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