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LOT 2063
Large Indian Diamond Earrings with Enamel
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (8.49 grams total, 16 mm each).
Each an ellipsoid plaque with black enamel base and filigree collar, inset table-cut diamond; in a lined presentation case. [2]
ProvenancePrivate collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12818-241429.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Ogden, J., Diamonds, An Early History of the King of Gems, New Haven-London, 2018, p.197, no.58, for similar jewel.
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