A gold and enamel Pertabghar demi parure - image-1

Lot 47 Dα

A gold and enamel Pertabghar demi parure

Auction 1130 - overview Cologne
16.05.2019, 16:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 2.108 € (incl. premium)

A gold and enamel Pertabghar demi parure

22k gold parure with 14k gold hanging loops and steel pin. Comprising a pair of two-piece earrings and an oval brooch decorated with flowering tendrils, birds and a monkey in "thewa" green enamel. Backed with gold and framed in corded bands. The hanging loops replaced. Earrings (without later hooks) H 5 cm. Brooch 4.8 x 3.9 cm. Total weight 39.74 g.
Northern India, circa 1865.

Literature

Cf. a similar enamel parure illus. in: Bennett/Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, 2011, plate 159.