AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND AND MULTI-GEM JIGHA

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AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND AND MULTI-GEM JIGHA
The turban ornament set with a rectangular-shaped rose-cut spinel, table-cut diamonds, emerald bead, cabochon spinels and rubies, red, white, green and blue enamel, gold, enamel and plume holder at the reverse, 8 7/8 ins., 18th century

Literature

Jaffer 2013, p. 73, ill. p. 104, no. 33

Exhibited

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014, pp. 58-59
The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 109, no. 77
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, pp. 216-17, no. 159
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, pp. 236-37, no. 161
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 259, no. 165
de Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco 2018, p. 118, no. 53

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Lot Essay

Turban ornaments were reserved for members of the ruling family and those closest to them at the Mughal court. This example of a turban ornament is designed as a stylized feather, which was made popular by Jahangir.

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