POSSIBLY JAIPUR, NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEM-SET AND ENAMELLED BANGLES
POSSIBLY JAIPUR, NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The exterior with floral and foliate motifs set with diamonds and and possibly rubies on blue enamel ground, with a seed pearl surround, the inside elegantly decorated with large red enamelled flowers on cream ground surrounded by small green and light blue foliate motifs, hinged at two places, each with two gem-set screws

3 ½in. (9 cm.) outer diameter ; 2 ¼ in. (5.7cm.) inner diameter

Provenance

By repute, from the collection of the Begum of Sir Wasif Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Murshidabad in Bengal (1906-1959), thence by descent.
Private UK collection since 1950.

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Lot Essay

Jewellery such as bracelets and anklets were always acquired in pairs and this tradition is prevalent in India even today. The dark blue enamel employed on the exterior of this pair of bangles was popular in 19th century India and is usually associated with the enamelling centres of Punjab and Lahore in the north-west and with Jaipur and Dholpur in Rajasthan, western India. There is a very similar pair of diamond-set bangles from Jaipur, dated to circa 1850-75, with dark blue enamel to the exterior and comparable floral enamelled motifs to the interior, in the Royal Collection in London (RCIN11290.1-2; Meghani, 2017, pp.46-47).

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