A Mughal diamond-set enamelled gold toe ring North India, 19th...
A Mughal diamond-set enamelled gold toe ring
North India, 19th Century
of circular form, the exterior set with diamonds in gold kundan forming a foliate vine on a ground of green enamel, the interior decorated in polychrome enamel with foliate motifs
2.2 cm. diam.; 22.5 g.
Provenance
Private UK Collection, London, formed in the early 20th Century and thence by descent.
An example of a pair of gem-set toe rings dated to the 18th Century is illustrated in A Kaleidoscope of Colours, Indian Mughal Jewels from the 18th and 19th Centuries (Een Streling Voor Het Oog, Indische Mogoljuwelen van de 18de en 19de eeuw), Antwerp, 1997, p. 100, cat. 81.
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A Mughal diamond-set enamelled gold toe ring
North India, 19th Century
of circular form, the exterior set with diamonds in gold kundan forming a foliate vine on a ground of green enamel, the interior decorated in polychrome enamel with foliate motifs
2.2 cm. diam.; 22.5 g.
Provenance
Private UK Collection, London, formed in the early 20th Century and thence by descent.
An example of a pair of gem-set toe rings dated to the 18th Century is illustrated in A Kaleidoscope of Colours, Indian Mughal Jewels from the 18th and 19th Centuries (Een Streling Voor Het Oog, Indische Mogoljuwelen van de 18de en 19de eeuw), Antwerp, 1997, p. 100, cat. 81.
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