AN ANTIQUE RUBY, DIAMOND AND PEARL PENDANT
Carved rubies set as a poppy flower, pear and cushion-shaped rose-cut diamonds, pearl drop, foil, gold and silver, 2 ins., early to mid 18th century
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The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, pp. 186-87, no. 124 The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 211, no. 128
Although this pendant resembles traditional Indian jewelry pendants, the setting of the diamonds appears to have been influenced by a European jeweler or the result of Western gem-setting techniques.