A GEM SET TURBAN CROWN, NEPAL, CIRCA 1900

A GEM SET TURBAN CROWN
NEPAL, CIRCA 1900
In cloth set with pearls, coloured glass, diamonds, emeralds and rubies; with silver badge bearing the coat of arms of Nepal in the centre and an inscription in devanagari script; mounted with bird of paradise feathers
Overall: 16 1/8in. (41cm.) high; 8 5/8in. (22cm.) wide; 11 1/8in. (28cm.) deep
cap: 6 ¼in. (15.8cm.) high; 9 ½in. (24cm.) diameter
badge: 7 1/8in. (18cm.) high; 4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) wide

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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION