Lot Essay
Enamelled plaques with short inscriptions, or depictions of deities, were predominantly produced in Japiur. There are a number of examples in the National Museum, New Delhi (Rita Devi Sharma and M. Varadarajan, Handcrafted Indian Enamel Jewellery, New Delhi, 2008, p.8).
An enamelled and gem-set choti is in the collection of the National Museum, New Delhi (acc.no.87.1157, published Usha R. Vala Krishnan and Meera Sushil Kumar, Dance of the Peacock: Jewellery Traditions of India, Mumbai, 1999, p.181, no.284).
An enamelled and gem-set choti is in the collection of the National Museum, New Delhi (acc.no.87.1157, published Usha R. Vala Krishnan and Meera Sushil Kumar, Dance of the Peacock: Jewellery Traditions of India, Mumbai, 1999, p.181, no.284).