Belt buckles (or fibulae) in cast bronze and hot-gilded with mercury. Decorated in relief with bats and clouds on a background engraved with amati. In the center are set white jade cut in the shape of[...]
A white jade ‘lotus and beetle’ pendant.
China, 18th century.
Finely carved in openwork as lotus leaves and pods borne on intertwined stems forming the natural cord-holes for the pendant, a longho[...]
A Mughal gold and enamel hawking whistle set with diamonds and rubies.
Indian, late 18th - early 19th century.
Measures 4.4cm in length (excluding loose bail).
The body originally would have [...]
A pair of antique Nepalese ornaments. Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, 18th century. 18K gold, coral, semiprecious stones (lapis lazuli). Ornaments represent god Vishnu sitting on Garuda.
Dimensions: 5.7 x [...]
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