A Mughal gem-set jade pendant (haldili) India, 18th/ 19th Century...
A Mughal gem-set jade pendant (haldili)
India, 18th/ 19th Century
of cartouche form with suspension loop to the upper edge, engraved and decorated with inscriptions around a central oval colourless gemstone set in gold kundan
5.3 cm. wide
Provenance
Private UK Collection, London, formed in the early 20th Century and thence by descent.
Published and Exhibited
A Kaleidoscope of Colours, exhibition catalogue, Antwerp 1997, p. 56, no. 37.
Inscriptions: the call to God to bless the Fourteen Innocents.
The forms of haldili are often derived from decorative cartouches found on Mughal buildings, manuscripts or on objects framing an inscription, as demonstrated in the present lot. They commonly feature religious inscriptions, and it was believed that wearing amulets such as these would control heart palpitations. For a Mughal or Deccani jade talismanic plaque of similar cartouche form and dated to the 18th Century, see Sotheby's, Arts of the Islamic World, including Fine Carpets and Textiles, 24 October 2007, lot 204.
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A Mughal gem-set jade pendant (haldili)
India, 18th/ 19th Century
of cartouche form with suspension loop to the upper edge, engraved and decorated with inscriptions around a central oval colourless gemstone set in gold kundan
5.3 cm. wide
Provenance
Private UK Collection, London, formed in the early 20th Century and thence by descent.
Published and Exhibited
A Kaleidoscope of Colours, exhibition catalogue, Antwerp 1997, p. 56, no. 37.
Inscriptions: the call to God to bless the Fourteen Innocents.
The forms of haldili are often derived from decorative cartouches found on Mughal buildings, manuscripts or on objects framing an inscription, as demonstrated in the present lot. They commonly feature religious inscriptions, and it was believed that wearing amulets such as these would control heart palpitations. For a Mughal or Deccani jade talismanic plaque of similar cartouche form and dated to the 18th Century, see Sotheby's, Arts of the Islamic World, including Fine Carpets and Textiles, 24 October 2007, lot 204.
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