A yellow gold necklace with rubies, sapphires, pearls, diamonds, and polychrome enamel decoration. India, 20th century. Photo Bonhams

With 19 oval-shaped, roughly-faceted diamonds individually bezel-mounted and surrounded by red enamel, the sides of the mounting with green enamel, 18 tiny diamonds in pear-shaped mountings above each oval mount and 38 triangular diamonds in similarly shaped mountings below, the necklace centered by a pear-shaped diamond in a red enamel mount surrounded by 13 smaller pear-shaped diamonds, all above a fringe of 41 pearls, 10 ruby briolettes suspended from the right side of the necklace and 10 sapphire briolettes suspended from the left, the necklace centered with a large pendant of an oval mounted diamond surrounded by 10 tear-drop shaped diamonds with 4 sapphire and 3 ruby pendant briolettes, each side of the necklace finished with 3 diamonds mounted in a fleur-de-lis arrangement; the entire necklace suspended from a braided and tasseled cord. 9 3/4in (24.7cm) length of necklace without cord - Sold for US$7,500

Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 20 Dec 2011. California, San Francisco www.bonhams.com