Live Auction 15505Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets
A GEM-SET AND ENAMELLED HEAD ORNAMENT (MAANG TIKKA)
Lot 153

A GEM-SET AND ENAMELLED HEAD ORNAMENT (MAANG TIKKA)

PUNJAB, NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed25 October 2018

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A GEM-SET AND ENAMELLED HEAD ORNAMENT (MAANG TIKKA)
PUNJAB, NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of crescent form with a stylised floral spray within, set with white sapphires and rock crystal, with similar gem-set elements suspended below and a fringe of seed pearls and leaf forms, the reverse with polychrome floral and foliate enamelled decoration, now mounted as a pendant
4 ½in. (11.5cm.) high

By repute, from the collection of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jind (r.1887-1948) in Punjab, thence by descent.

Specialist note

For a similar crescent form, gem-set head ornament in the National Museum, New Delhi (acc. no. 89.876), see Balakrishnan, New Delhi, 2014, p.90.