KERALA, SOUTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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AN IMPRESSIVE GOLD NECKLACE
KERALA, SOUTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
With beads in the form of seed pods, each set with foiled cabochon rubies, interspersed with stylised leaves, the lock with peacocks at either side
33¼in. (84.5cm.) long
390 g.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

This necklace would have formed part of a bride's dowry. A similar necklace is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Andrew Topsfield, Ed., In the Realm of Gods and Kings, Arts of India, London, 2004, cat.21, p.68-9).

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