PROBABLY DECCAN, 18TH CENTURY

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AN INDIAN RUBY, DIAMOND AND EMERALD INSET DOUBLE-SIDED GOLD PENDANT
PROBABLY DECCAN, 18TH CENTURY
Of rosette form, the face with a large central cabochon ruby within a band of flat-cut diamond petals, the interstices filled with emeralds, in a band of further triangular ruby petals, the reverse with two ruby inset peacocks flaking a central gemset floral spray on a gold ground of fine engraved floral designs, in a band of diamond inset triangular panels, suspension loop above and pendant pearl below
2 3/8in. (6cm.) long

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Lot Essay

The inlay on the reverse of this double-sided pendant is similar to but later and simpler than the design on the face of a pendant in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (Manuel Keene and Salam Kaoukji, Treasury of the World, London, 2001, no.5.6, p.59).

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