Live Auction 17464Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence
AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND, RUBY AND PEARL JADANAGAM
Lot 88

AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND, RUBY AND PEARL JADANAGAM

Closed19 June 2019

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USD 175,000

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AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND, RUBY AND PEARL JADANAGAM
Designed as a hair ornament, rose-cut diamonds, rectangular and circular-cut rubies, pearls, silver and gold, 12 ins., may separate into four sections of 5 ¼, 3 5/8, 3 and 2 1/8 ins., late 19th century

Specialist note

Lot 88 would have been worn over a single long braid or plait. Derived from the Sanskrit word for cobra, a jadanagam is long and tapered and is often designed as an abstract representation of a hooded serpent. A popular motif for female jewelry, in Hinduism snakes are associated with fertility.