Live Auction 17464Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence
AN ANTIQUE RUBY, EMERALD AND DIAMOND JIGHA
Lot 89

AN ANTIQUE RUBY, EMERALD AND DIAMOND JIGHA

Closed19 June 2019

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USD 30,000

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AN ANTIQUE RUBY, EMERALD AND DIAMOND JIGHA
Designed as a turban ornament of elephant motif, pear and variously-shaped table-cut diamonds, oval cabochon rubies and emeralds, table-cut emerald, foil, gold, 3 3/8 ins., 19th century, accompanied by a gold stand

Specialist note

The top of these two turban ornaments (Lots 89 and 90) extend to the left in the form of an abstract elephant. Elephants, the traditional mount of a king, have long been associated with royalty and the presence of this motif suggests that this jigha originally belonged to a royal family member or favored associate.