AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND AND GOLD PAIZEB

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AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND AND GOLD PAIZEB
The anklet set with variously-shaped table-cut diamonds, foil, gold, diameter 2 ¾ ins., early to mid-19th century

Provenance

Christie's, London, 8 October 1997, lot 309

Literature

Jaffer 2013, p. 178, ill. p. 198, no. 85

Exhibited

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014, p. 70
The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 122, no. 89
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 238, no. 176
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p. 254, no. 174
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 274, no. 178
de Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco 2018, pp. 126-27, no. 59

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Lot Essay

Throughout India gold anklets were gifted by rulers to their subjects to honor achievements and recognize status. Gold anklets similar to this example were also seen in the collection of the Nizams of Hyderabad.

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