The bangle designed as two opposing tiger head, variously-shaped table-cut diamonds, rectangular and variously shaped cabochon rubies, green, red and white enamel, gold on a lac core.

Exhibited: Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 247, no. 184
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p. 261, no. 180
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 281, no. 184.

Note: The terminals are very likely tigers’ heads. Tigers were hunted in India by royalty and using the tiger’s image was a statement of power. The most famous Indian ruler who used the tiger image intentionally to express his royal status was Tipu Sultan, the ‘Tiger of Mysore’, a very powerful ruler whose kingdom posed an enormous threat to British military power in India.