AN ANTIQUE JADE, DIAMOND AND MULTI-GEM JIGHA

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AN ANTIQUE JADE, DIAMOND AND MULTI-GEM JIGHA
The turban ornament of white jade, variously-shaped table-cut rubies and spinels, pear and rectangular-shaped table-cut diamonds, pear-shaped table-cut emeralds, pearl drop, green enamel bead, foil, gold, jade engraved and carved with a plume holder at the reverse, 7 ¾ ins, 18th century

Literature

Jaffer 2013, p. 74, ill. p. 104, no. 34

Exhibited

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014, p.6
The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 123, no. 90
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 221, no. 163
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p. 234, no. 160
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 258, no. 164
de Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco 2018, p. 179, no. 95

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Lot Essay

Jade turban ornaments are rare. It has been recorded that Emperor Aurangzeb had given one to a courtier in 1673. Two other known examples are currently on display at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

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