Lot 177. A large white sapphire and enamelled necklace, North India, circa 1920-30; 24cm. height; 21cm. max. diam. (jewelled section). Est: £18,000 - £25,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the metal frame designed in hinged sections with openwork foliate motifs featuring two confronted peacocks between a large flowerhead, set with facet-cut, foil-backed white-sapphires, with hanging flowerhead, the reverse decorated with black enamelled details, floral settings for attaching, in box.  

Provenance: Maharaja Shri Pratap Singh of Idar (1845-1922), Gujarat. 
Thence by descent, UK.

Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World, London, October 24, 2018, 10:30 AM