A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED, GEM-SET, AND CAPARISONED GOLD PENDANT
Qajar Iran, 19th century

Of drop-like shape, the centre embellished with a pyriform medallion painted in polychrome enamels depicting a charming Qajar maiden wearing a European-inspired pink dress and yellow veil, showing off her cleavage and staring back at the beholder, the portrait medallion framed within a crown of untested rubies, unevenly cut and faceted, and size-wise set in decreasing order, the top encrusted with a triangular palmette, the bottom caparisoned with seven pendants with untested seed pearls, the back plain, 6.8cm long.

Dimensions: 6.8cm long