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A PAIR OF PEARL AND GEM-SET GOLD ENAMELLED BRACELETS
Lot 117

A PAIR OF PEARL AND GEM-SET GOLD ENAMELLED BRACELETS

JAIPUR, NORTH INDIA, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed25 April 2024

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GBP 20,000–30,000

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A PAIR OF PEARL AND GEM-SET GOLD ENAMELLED BRACELETS
JAIPUR, NORTH INDIA, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each of the same design decorated on the outer sides with green enamel set with alternating emeralds and rubies, a line of alternating seed pearls and red enamelled gold hooks where these edges meet, the interior edge decorated with light blue cross-hatched enamelled ground punctuated by cusped cartouches containing red and green floral sprays, section unfastens with two ruby-set screws, with modern display stand
Outer diam. 3 1/8in (8.1cm.); inner diam. 2in. (5cm.).

Specialist note


A pair of bracelets with a similar triangular cross section, the edges with a ring of natural pearls, is in the Khalili collection. Like ours, they are opened by means of two anti-clockwise screws (acc.no. JLY 1146; Pedro Moura Carvalho, Gems and Jewels of Mughal India, London, 2010, no.150, p.258). A further pair, with a thicker band but a similar combination of pearls and teardrop-shaped precious stones, was sold as part of Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence, Christie's New York, 19 June 2019, lot 55.