

Lot 388
A Qajar gem-set and enamel gold Turban Ornament (jiqa) Persia, 19th Century
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,962.50 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Qajar gem-set and enamel gold Turban Ornament (jiqa)
Persia, 19th Century
Persia, 19th Century
in the form of a flower, set with a large central foiled white sapphire, within a band of blue and white enamel and further stones, the upper petals with seed pearl suspensions, with a gem-set and pearl-set flowerhead attachment on a spring, verso enamelled in polychrome with flowers on a green ground
13 cm. high
13 cm. high
Footnotes
For another Qajar turban ornament with similar attachments and decoration, formerly in the L.A. Mayer Memorial Institute for Islamic Art, Jerusalem, see Rachel Hasson, Later Islamic Jewellery, Jerusalem, 1987, no. 27, pp. 28-9.