A PAIR OF GEMSET AND ENAMELLED GOLD PARROTS
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A PAIR OF GEMSET AND ENAMELLED GOLD PARROTS

NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEMSET AND ENAMELLED GOLD PARROTS
NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Each bird with long tail and green body perched on a branch; one parrot with diamond-set eyes and wings, a flower in its beak, the other parrot with ruby-set eyes and a scroll of diamonds around its neck and wings, red-enamelling at the end of the tail
Taller 6 ¼ in. (8 cm.) high
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Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. Please be advised that a purchasers inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale. With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S., provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).

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