AN IMPERIAL SPINEL BEAD AND PEARL NECKLACE
AN IMPERIAL SPINEL BEAD AND PEARL NECKLACE

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AN IMPERIAL SPINEL BEAD AND PEARL NECKLACE
Tumbled spinel beads, pearls, shortest length 16 ins. (adjustable), spinel bead of 50.08 carats (right of center), spinels 17th century, necklace restrung at a later date
Exhibited
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p. 80, no. 38 (inscribed spinel)
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 94, no. 39 (inscribed spinel)
Engraved
Jahangir Shah [son] of Akbar Shah 1020
Second Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction 1049 [1] 2 [?] (partially indistinct)

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