The nose ring set with ruby beads, circular and pear-shaped diamonds, circular rose-cut diamonds, seed pearls, gold, 1 5/8 ins., early 20th century.

Provenance: Christie's, London, 8 October 1997, lot 335.

Literature: Jaffer 2013, p. 276, no. 105.

Exhibited: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014, pp. 76-77
Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2015, p. 119, no. 69
The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 157, no. 121
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 261, no. 194
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p. 279, no. 192
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 296, no. 196
de Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco 2018, p. 181, no. 118