A large enamelled gold bazuband set with white sapphires, Jaipur, 19th century

the cusped ogival set in the kundan technique with large white sapphires on a blue nil zamin enamel ground with a stylised floral design, the band with diamond and gem-set square beads, with a border composed of miniature pearls

Bijoux Moghols, Société Générale de Banque, 29 rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels, 1982

M. Latif, Bijoux Moghols, exhibition catalogue, Société Générale de Banque, Brussels, 1982, p.192, fig.78.

In overall good condition, some of the oxidisation to the foil backing of white sapphires visible, set with a more recent velvet cover on its reverse, and newer strings for attaching, as viewed.
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This important exhibition featured jewelled works lent by both private collectors as well as institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire in Brussels.