Lot 143
A multi-gem set Hamsa pendant
Auction: 27 November 2013 at 11:00 GMT
£1,000
Description
of oversized-scroll pierced palm form, collet set to the centre with a large oval cut emerald cabochon, set throughout with graduated trap cut emeralds, circular and cushion cut rubies and synthetic rubies, fringed by similarly set drops, the whole suspended from a long interwoven gold thread, of adjustable length
Dimensions
15cm (including suspension hoop) x 8.8cm
Footnote
Provenance:
Lord Curzon of Kedelston, Viceroy of India, via his daughter Lady Cynthia Curzon who later married Sir Oswald Mosley, then to her grandson Rupert Forbes Adam and now offered for sale by his direct family.