AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND, RUBY AND PEARL JADANAGAM

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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

Literature

Jaffer 2013, pp. 254-55, ill. pp. 274-75, no. 101

Exhibited

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014, p. 90
Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2015, p. 147, no. 111
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 258-59, no. 192
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p. 276-77, no. 190
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 294, no. 194
de Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco 2018, p. 133, no. 66

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Lot Essay

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.

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