A GEM-SET GOLD PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A BIRD, PROBABLY DECCAN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY A GEM-SET GOLD PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A BIRD, PROBABLY DECCAN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY A GEM-SET GOLD PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A BIRD, PROBABLY DECCAN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY A GEM-SET GOLD PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A BIRD, PROBABLY DECCAN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

A GEM-SET GOLD PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A BIRD, PROBABLY DECCAN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART4001465

This impressive gem set pendant in the form of a bird prey, with spread wings and fanned tail is part of a small group of bird pendants dating from the 17th century to the 19th centuries.
7.5 by 6 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE
There are known examples in the Al-Sabah collection, Kuwait and two in the Nasser D Khalili Collection .