Lot 197. A pair of gem-set and pearl pendant earrings, India, 19th-20th century; each: 10.2cm. Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's.

each designed with a flowerhead set with a spinel in the centre surrounded by petal-form diamonds in the kundan technique, with a hanging cresent-form foliate pendant and seed-pearl fringes, reverse with polychrome enamel, adapted with fastening pin and hook.

Provenance: Previously property of an Indian maharani.

Private collection, UK, since the early 1970s.

Sotheby's. ARTS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND INDIA INCLUDING FINE RUGS AND CARPETS, 01 Apr 2020