24 février 2018
Gold Enamelled Bajuband, North India, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, late 18th century
Gold Enamelled Bajuband, North India, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, late 18th century. Gold & diamonds. Width 9 cm (3.54 in.) Weight 49 gr. van Gelder Traditional Indian Folk Jewellery (Stand 41). © TEFAF 2018
Rigid gold armlet (bajuband) consisting of double hexaognal cylinders, complemented with pliable foral design hinges, kundan set with diamonds, at both ends. Both cylinders have makara-head finials, kundan set with diamonds on the top and along the sides against a sabz zamin (green) translucent enamelled ground.
van Gelder Traditional Indian Folk Jewellery at TEFAF Maastricht, March 10-18, 2018
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