17 avril 2021
A gem-set enamelled gold turban ornament (jigha), North India, 19th Century
Lot 102. A gem-set enamelled gold turban ornament (jigha), North India, 19th Century; 11.8 x 12 cm.; 101 g. Est: £5,000 - £7,000. Sold: 17,000. Courtesy Bonhams
the central element in the form of a flowerhead surmounted by a tapering plume, flanked by two detachable palmette motifs, plume holder to reverse, set with white sapphires, three pendant emeralds to each section, one to the upper section, decorated in polychrome enamel to the reverse with a peacock and floral motifs, later gold pins to the reverse of each section.
Provenance: Private Greek collection since the early 1970s, a royal gift from the Maharani of Jodhpur to the wife of the Greek ambassador.
Bonhams. Islamic and Indian Art, London, March 30, 2021
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