16th Jul, 2021 14:00

Islamic & Indian Art

 
  Lot 241
 

A PEARL, RUBY AND SPINEL-ENCRUSTED RING
South India, late 19th century

A PEARL, RUBY AND SPINEL-ENCRUSTED RING
South India, late 19th century

Of elongated oval shape, with a small hook on one side encrusted with a red cabochon-cut stone and caparisoned with pearl beads to the opposite side, possibly a pendant or ornament of a much bigger necklace, the top fully encrusted with a variety of rubies, spinels, and red and green glass beads set on foil, worked in the typically Indian kundan setting in the shape of a central rosette within an oval frame, the ring setting a later addition, 2.2cm x 2cm the top, ring size I.

Sold for £338

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