A PAIR OF BENARES ENAMELLED BRACELETS, the gold shank enamelled with pink and white floral sprays on a green ground around inset diamonds, the hinged clasp formed by two opposed elephant heads with screw fastening, similarly enamelled, the eyes and ears formed by inset diamonds, (chips to trunk of one elephant head, very small areas of restoration)

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A PAIR OF BENARES ENAMELLED BRACELETS, the gold shank enamelled with pink and white floral sprays on a green ground around inset diamonds, the hinged clasp formed by two opposed elephant heads with screw fastening, similarly enamelled, the eyes and ears formed by inset diamonds, (chips to trunk of one elephant head, very small areas of restoration)
3¼in. (8.3cm.) diam. (2)

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Although the form of the bracelet and the type of fastening are typical of Jaipur work of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, a type that still continues to be made today, the pink enamelled flowers on green ground typify a group of items which are though to have been made in Benares. A bottle with similar enamelling was in these rooms, 11 June 1986 lot 228

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