A GEM-SET GOLD 'TEMPLE' NECKLACE SOUTH INDIA, 19TH OR EARLY...
A GEM-SET GOLD 'TEMPLE' NECKLACE
SOUTH INDIA, 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising 25 square gold elements set with diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires, two cylindrical gold elements, one with gold and one with rubies, further smaller cylindrical elements similarly set, all threaded on a gold braided string, gems in a rosette gold setting at the fastening
21 5/8in. (55cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired in India by Adeline Pepper Gibson (d.1919) and brought home to Philadelphia, 1912-13
Thence by descent
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A GEM-SET GOLD 'TEMPLE' NECKLACE
SOUTH INDIA, 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising 25 square gold elements set with diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires, two cylindrical gold elements, one with gold and one with rubies, further smaller cylindrical elements similarly set, all threaded on a gold braided string, gems in a rosette gold setting at the fastening
21 5/8in. (55cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired in India by Adeline Pepper Gibson (d.1919) and brought home to Philadelphia, 1912-13
Thence by descent