A gem-set forehead ornament pendant (Tikka), Gudarat, India, circa 1700. Photo Sotheby's

consisting of rubies and emeralds set in the kundan technique, designed as a leafy stem on a crescent moon base and suspended pearls with emerald terminals, the reverse finely worked with light outlines - 4.5cm. max. width. Estimation 3,000-4,000 GBP. Lot 591 vendu: 6,875 GBP. 

NOTE DE CATALOGUE: A related piece is in the Staatholder Collection, Netherlands, published in: Marg, Jewels of the Staatholder, Vol XLVII, No. 1, Bombay.

Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World. Londres | 25 avr. 2012 www.sothebys.com