A pair of gem-set and enamelled infant bracelets with elephant heads, North India, 19th Century

both of annular form, the hinged clasps rendered in the form of two confronting elephants with entwined trunks, decorated with white, pink, green and light blue enamels, the interior with lotus heads, the exterior and makaras set with diamonds and carved rubies

Both in good condition, one ruby possibly replaced, as viewed.
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The pink and white enamel is typical of jewellery produced in Benares (Varanasi) in north India. For a discussion of the technique and its influences, see: Krishnadasa 1971, pp.327-334, which also illustrates a comparable example, pl.27. Further related examples of this form are illustrated in Markevitch 1987, p.53, fig.19.