Lot 201. A pair of gem-set and enamelled bracelets with makara-heads, India, 19th-20th century; each: 8.5cm. diam. Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the hinged clasps rendered in the form of two confronting makaras or serpents with pink-gem tongues, set with diamonds in the kundan technique on a green and red enamel ground, the interiors with white enamel and gold bands.

Provenance: Previously property of an Indian maharani.

Private collection, UK, since the early 1970s.

Note: A closely comparable pair of bracelets with green makara-heads and red enamel bodies with white interiors are in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, inv. no.LNS 1863 Ja,b (see Keene 2001, p.81, no.6.43).

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