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Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (15.5 grams, 44.55 mm overall, 21.86 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z, USA 12 1/2, Europe 28.77, Japan 27).).
Carved in mottled pale grey jade with radiating lotus leaves around the central hole, applied gold wire hoop and tendril detailing with two emeralds and six cabochon rubies inset, the central flower with inset teardrop facetted diamond; with a thin crack to the back of the hoop.
PROVENANCE:
Formerly in the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman, from the 1980s.
Acquired in TimeLine Auctions sale 119, lot 2518.
Property of a Kent collector.
LITERATURE:
See Mohamed, B., The Arts of the Muslim Knight, Milan, 2008, nos.381-385, for similar examples.
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