Arts of the Islamic World
Arts of the Islamic World
TWO NAVARATNA JEWELS, A GEM-SET GOLD MUGHAL PENDANT AND AN ENAMELLED AND GEM-SET GOLD BRACELET, INDIA, BENARES, 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 23, 04:16 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
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TWO NAVARATNA JEWELS, A GEM-SET GOLD MUGHAL PENDANT AND AN ENAMELLED AND GEM-SET GOLD BRACELET, INDIA, BENARES, 19TH CENTURY
the pendant of openwork, floral design with a central mother-of-pearl medallion surrounded by colourful gemstones in the navaratna sequence, including turquoise, moonstone, seed pearl, sapphire, coral, beryl, quartz, ruby, polychrome enamel to reverse, with associated hanging pendant and later brooch pin; the bracelet also set with a navaratna sequence of various coloured stones including heggonite garnet, coral, maybe pearl, turquoise, cat's eye, opal, divided by diamond-inset leaves, the interior decorated in characteristic gulabi (rose-pink) and white enamel with green
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pendant: 11cm. length
bracelet: 9cm. diam.
This colourful and bright pendant, which was later transformed into a brooch, follows the notion of auspiciously setting the stones representing the nine planets, each of which has an associated deity. In this case, there are two sets of the nine stones around the outside of the pendant, both sets sharing the stone at the top and bottom of the circle