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A MAGNIFICENT RUBY-SET GOLD BRACELET, MAKARAKANTHI, 19TH CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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South India, probably Madras. Exquisitely chased, the hinged bangle composed of a series of graduated kirtimukha masks, culminating in two opposing makara heads with ruby-inlaid eyes. Each makara bearing a pronounced curved beak and holding an orb in its open mouth, the orb delicately finely incised with confronted birds on both sides and crowned with a foliate finial and a screw fitting at the top, set with an additional gemstone.Provenance: A private collection in the United States, acquired in New York in February 1988. Sotheby's New York, 19 September 2008, lot 260, sold for USD 8,750 or approx. EUR 11,500 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). A private collection in the United Kingdom, acquired from the above.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, traces of use, and manufacturing irregularities. Minute dents and minuscule fissures. Some of the rubies possibly renewed.Weight: 86.6 gDimensions: Length 8.5 cmBracelets decorated with confronting animal heads, such as the present example, are known from various cultures since antiquity. In 19th-century South India, such bangles were worn by rajas and princes and were often bestowed as tokens of favor. In the Indian tradition, the terminals of bracelets or anklets were frequently adorned with makara heads, a mythological water creature combining features of the crocodile, elephant, and fish, and regarded as a protective emblem. In this piece, two opposing makara heads grasp a spherical element in their jaws, interpreted variously as a magical jewel or a stylized rudraksha bead, sacred to the god Shiva.Bracelets of this type appear to have captured the imagination of British artists and collectors during the second half of the 19th century. Notably, such a bracelet is depicted on the wrist of a young woman in The Beloved (1866), a painting by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, now in the collection of Tate Britain, reference number N03053.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related gold bracelet with inlaid rubies from Chennai (Madras), dated 19th century, 8.4 cm long, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 15.95.38. Compare a closely related gold bracelet with monster heads, Southern India, possibly Madras, dated 19th century, 9.4 cm long, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number 03291(IS). Compare a closely related pair of gold bangles with rubies, South India, Madras, dated c. 1850, 8.1 cm long, illustrated in Susan Stronge, Nima Smith, and James C. Harle, A Golden Treasury: Jewellery From the Indian Subcontinent, 1988, p. 93, no. 91.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby's London, 25 October 2023, lot 127 Price: GBP 10,160 or approx. EUR 12,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : An emerald-set gold bracelet, South India, 19th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, and size (8.5 cm).

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