AN IMPERIAL GOLD AND PEARL INLAID ALOESWOOD BANGLE
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AN IMPERIAL GOLD AND PEARL INLAID ALOESWOOD BANGLE
19TH CENTURY
The circular bangle lined on the interior with a gilt-metal sheet, the exterior decorated with inlaid gold granule florettes depicting five roundels of shou characters and stylised shou characters formed by inlaid seed pearls
3 1/4 in. (8 cm.) diam.
Lot Essay
A pair of bangles of related pattern but lacking roundels of seed pearls was sold in these Rooms, The Imperial Sale, 30 April 2000, lot 631.