Rectangular-cut spinel, gold, opens to reveal an extendable gold key, ring size 6 ¾, mid to late 19th century, the spinel is inscribed in reverse for use as a seal.

Provenance: By repute, Nizams of Hyderabad.

Literature: Jaffer 2013, p. 206, ill. p. 273, no. 96

Exhibited: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014, p. 79
The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 134, no. 100.