Arts of the Islamic World
Arts of the Islamic World
A PAIR OF GEM-SET AND ENAMELLED BRACELETS (KADA), BENARES, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 23, 04:16 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF GEM-SET AND ENAMELLED BRACELETS (KADA), BENARES, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
each set with diamonds in the kundan technique on the exterior against a green enamel ground, the interiors and elephant heads with entwined trunks with delicate pink and white floral enamel details, fitted in old custom box
(2)
each bracelet: 8 by 8cm.
Private Collection, UK, early 20th century, by descent
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.