PROBABLY DECCAN, 19TH CENTURY

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AN INDIAN GEMSET GOLD PENDANT
PROBABLY DECCAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of rounded inverted boteh form, with attachment loop and pendant pearl, the face inset in turquoise with a bird surrounded by ruby leaves on an engraved gold ground, the reverse enamelled with a single floral spray on a pale buff ground
1 5/8in. (4.1cm.) long

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Lot Essay

A larger engraved gold drop-shaped pendant with enamelled back inset with a flying bird attributed to 18th century Mughal India is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Susan Stronge, Nima Smith and J. C. Harle, A Golden Treasury, London, 1988, no.63, p.69).

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