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NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF ENAMELLED AND DIAMOND-INSET GOLD EARRINGS
NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
The front heavily set with diamonds and the reverse decorated with polychrome enamel, composed of a central rosette with a freshwater pearl border and a curved hook attached at the rear, a chain of alternating rosettes and quatrefoil shapes above linked by hinges followed by a gold chain terminating in a curved hook, a bird-shaped pendant with five strings of freshwater pearls below
Each 7½in. (18.7cm.) long
NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
The front heavily set with diamonds and the reverse decorated with polychrome enamel, composed of a central rosette with a freshwater pearl border and a curved hook attached at the rear, a chain of alternating rosettes and quatrefoil shapes above linked by hinges followed by a gold chain terminating in a curved hook, a bird-shaped pendant with five strings of freshwater pearls below
Each 7½in. (18.7cm.) long
Provenance
By repute formerly in the Medil Sarkisian Collection, formed circa 1890
Special notice
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