AN ELEPHANT-SHAPED RUBY, DIAMOND AND EMERALD TURBAN ORNAMENT (JIGHA) SOUTH...

AN ELEPHANT-SHAPED RUBY, DIAMOND AND EMERALD TURBAN ORNAMENT (JIGHA)
SOUTH INDIA, POSSIBLY ARCOT, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Designed as an elephant with a long curving trunk, set with oval cabochon rubies, rose and table-cut diamonds and cabochon emeralds, elephant design engraved on reverse with initials 'M. A.'
3¹⁄₄in. (8.2cm.) high

Provenance
The Al Thani Collection
Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence, Christie's New York, 19 June 2019, lot 90

Literature
Amin Jaffer, Beyond Extravagance: A Royal Collection of Gems and Jewels, New York, 2013, pp.136, 189, no.59
Navina Najat Haidar and Courtney Ann Stewart, Treasures From India: Jewels From the Al-Thani Collection, New York, 2014, p.61
Amin Jaffer, Jewels of the Mughal Emperors and Maharajas: Treasures from the Al Thani Collection, Kyoto, 2016, p.125, no.92
Amin Jaffer and Amina Okada, From the Great Mughals to the Maharajas: Jewels from the Al Thani Collection, Paris, 2017, p.222, no.164
Amin Jaffer and Eva Vanzella, Treasures of the Mughals and the Maharajas: The Al Thani Collection, Milano, 2017, p.240, no.163
Amin Jaffer, B. Haikun, W. Yuegong, Treasures from the Al Thani Collection: Masterpieces From a Royal Collection, Beijing, 2018, p.261, no.167
Martin Chapman (ed.), East Meets West: Jewels of the Maharajas from The Al Thani Collection, p.119, no. 54