Arts of the Islamic World
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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN NOBLE FAMILY
AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND-SET POLYCHROME ENAMELLED NECKLACE (KHANTI), NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 23, 04:16 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Property of a European noble family
AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND-SET POLYCHROME ENAMELLED NECKLACE (KHANTI), NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
the openwork design forming flowerheads, set with diamonds and emeralds, on flexible chains, with a hanging pendant with pearl, enamelled on the reverse in red, green, yellow, blue and white with foliate details on each setting, with a metal-thread string for attaching
24cm. height
18.5cm. diam.
Gifted by Asaf Jah VI Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (1866-1911).
A very similar necklace, attributed to nineteenth-century North India was published in Krishnan and Kumar 1999, pp.154-5, no.223. Another comparable necklace was part of the al-Thani collection (published in Amin Jaffer (ed.) Beyond Extravagance: A Royal Collection of Gems and Jewels, pp.270-1, no.87).