Arts of the Islamic World

Arts of the Islamic World

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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN NOBLE FAMILY

A CARVED EMERALD AND DIAMOND-SET NECKLACE WITH GREEN ENAMEL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1900

Auction Closed

October 23, 04:16 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of a European noble family


A CARVED EMERALD AND DIAMOND-SET NECKLACE WITH GREEN ENAMEL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1900 


set with eighteen carved emeralds, most flat square-cut set within articulated openwork gold fittings, featuring a leaf-shaped emerald to the centre surrounded by a band of diamonds mounted with a small pearl above, further hanging foliate pendant, set with a large carved emerald, reverse enamelled in green with floral motifs, with a metal-thread string for fastening


21cm. height

16cm. max. diam. 

Gifted by Asaf Jah VI Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (1866-1911).