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A SILK AND GOLD-THREAD EMBROIDERED SASH
Lot 246

A SILK AND GOLD-THREAD EMBROIDERED SASH

NORTH INDIA, POSSIBLY DELHI, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed19 June 2019

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A SILK AND GOLD-THREAD EMBROIDERED SASH
NORTH INDIA, POSSIBLY DELHI, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The gold slide-bar and buckle each set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, backed with an orange velvet
Sash 2 ins. (5.1 cm.) wide; bar 4 ¼ ins. (12.1 cm.) wide; buckle 2 ½ x 3 1/8 ins. (6.5 x 8 cm.)

Specialist note

A very similar buckle was fitted to the centre of a tortoiseshell shield presented to the Prince of Wales on his tour of India in 1876, now in the British Royal Collection. (inv.no. RCIN 11411; Meghani, 2018, p.147). Presented by the Maharaja of Patiala, it was already at that stage reported in the Illustrated London News as being re-used from another setting.