Our catalogue > Selected Wearable Antique Jewellery

Presented here is a selection of antique jewellery items from Asia, North Africa & the Middle East which are wearable in a contemporary context.

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6329

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Extremely Fine Tibetan Brass Double Vajra & Chorten Tokcha or Thokcha

Tibet
circa 16th century

height: 4.3cm, width: 4.2cm, weight: 18g

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private collection, London; acquired in Nepal in the early 1970s

1647

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Fine, South Indian Silver Bracelet

South India or Sri Lanka
19th century

external width: 9.8cm, internal width at widest point: 6.8cm, weight: 156g

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Provenance

UK art market

6247

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Naga Conch Shell Bead Necklace

Naga People, Eastern India/Western Burma
18th-19th century

length: 60cm, weight: 216g

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Provenance

private collection, London

6202

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Tekke Parcel-Gilt Ornament (Asyk) inset with Carnelians

Tekke People, Southern Turkmenistan & possibly Afghanistan
19th century

height: 16.2cm, width: 11.2cm, weight: 119g

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UK art market

6217

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Indian Gold-Inlaid, Koftgari-work Cross

Northern India
circa 1865

height: 8.4cm, width: 5.6cm, weight: 22g

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UK art market

2633

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Near-Pair of Yemeni Silver Bracelets (Maswad)

Zabid, Yemen
mid-20th century

external diameters: 8.5cm & 9cm, internal diameters: 6.3cm & 6.5cm, weights: 95g & 74g

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Provenance

UK art market

6186

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Fine, Tuareg Silver Ring

Tuareg People, Mali
early 20th century

height: 4.7cm, weight: 33g, ring size: UK: O/R, US: 8 1/3

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Provenance

private collection, London

6206

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Ethiopian Silver Amulet Necklace

Harar, Eastern Ethiopia
early 20th century

width of box: 10cm, length of box incl. tassels: 18cm, overall weight: 298g

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Provenance

UK art market

6143

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Carved Mughal Jade with Gold & Turquoise Mounts

Delhi, Northern India
circa 1620 (Jade) & circa 1850 (Mounts)

width: 6.3cm, height: 5.4cm, thickness: 0.3cm, weight: 31.64g

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UK art market

5943

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Maharaja’s Enamelled Heavy Gold Bracelet set with Rubies, Diamonds & an Emerald

India, probably Hyderabad
circa 1750 or earlier

overall length: 17.5cm, dimensions of enamelled plaque: 4cm x 3.2cm, total weight: 137g, diameter as worn: approx. 6cm

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Provenance

private collection, UK

5873

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Three Indian Silver Pendant Amulet Containers

India
19th century

lengths: 4.5cm - 6cm, combined weight: 102g

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Provenance

private collection, England.

6074

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Indian Enamelled Gold Earrings with Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds & Pearls

India
circa 1850

lengths: 5.5cm, combined weights: 12,53g

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Provenance

UK art market

5916

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Pair of Indian Diamond, Ruby & Pearl Gold Earrings

Northern India
1880-1920

lengths: 7cm, combined weights: 15.28g

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Provenance

UK art market

4730

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Yemeni Silver Bead & Coral Necklace with Amulet Box (Hirz)

Yemen
early 20th century

total length: 62cm, weight: 155g

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Provenance

UK art market

3413

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Yemeni Silver Amulet Box (Hirz) & Chain

Bedouin People, possibly Rayma Region, Yemen
early 20th century

overall length of chain: 70cm (35cm when worn), width of box & attachments: 11cm, weight: 490g

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Provenance

UK art market

5912

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Flexible Indian Silver Chain Necklace (Kamardani)

Karnataka, India
19th century

length: 50.5cm, weight: 269g

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Provenance

UK art market

5938

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Sri Lankan Pierced Silver & Gilt Bracelet set with Zircons & an Amethyst

Coastal regions, Sri Lanka
circa 1920

width of face: 3.7cm, internal diameter: 5.1cm, weight: 37.4g

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Provenance

Art Market, Scotland

5653

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Necklace of Manabi Terracotta Spindle Whorls

Pre-Colombian Manabi Culture, Ecuador
500BC-500AD

length: 68cm, weight: 104g

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Provenance

Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a superb collection of ethnographica.

6018

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Rajasthani Silver Bracelet

Rajasthan, India
19th-early 20th century

external diameter: 8.5cm, internal diameter: 5cm, thickness: 1.3cm, weight: 119g

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Provenance

UK art market

5973

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Maori Curved Nephrite Ear Ornament (Kapeu)

Maori People, New Zealand
early 20th century

length: 15.2cm, weight: 38.19g

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Provenance

UK art market

5870

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Unusually Fine & Flexible Indian Silver Chain Necklace (Kamardani)

Karnataka, India
19th century

length: 82cm, weight: 200g

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Provenance

private collection, UK

5853

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Omani Part-Gilded Silver Ring (al-Hysa)

Nizwa, Oman
early 20th century

bezel: 2cm x 2cm, weight: 10.74g, ring size: 8 3/4 (US) & R/S (UK)

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Provenance

private collection, London

5607

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Fine, Sri Lankan Silver Bracelet

Sri Lanka
19th century

Internal diameter: 5.7cm, width at widest point: 2cm, weight: 49.6g

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Provenance

UK art market

5115

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Yemen Silver Ring

Bedouin People, Yemen
early 20th century

weight: 11.14g, US ring size: 8.2=75, UK ring size: R/S

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Provenance

UK art market

5117

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Sudanese Bedouin Silver Ring

Rashaida People, Sudan
early 20th century

weight: 26.86g, US ring size: 9, UK ring size: R/S

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Provenance

UK art market

5118

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Yemen Silver & Stone Ring

Bedouin People, Yemen
early 20th century

weight: 21.57g, US ring size: 5.5, UK ring size: R

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Provenance

UK art market

4864

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Bontoc Clam Shell Bead & Glass Bead Necklace

Bontoc People, Northern Luzon, Philippines
19th-20th century

weight: 169g

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

5542

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Gold Indian Kokke Thathi Pendant

Coorg People, Tamil Nadu, South India
late 19th-early 20th century

length: 4.7cm, weight: 12.8g

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Provenance

UK art market

5114

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Yemeni Silver Ring

Bedouin People, Yemen
early 20th century

US ring size: 7, UK ring size: N/O, weight: 12.74g

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Provenance

UK art market

5247

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Omani Silver Amulet Box (Hirz) & Necklace with Applied Gold Plaques

Nizwa, Oman
circa 1900

length of necklace as worn: 37cm, length of box: 10cm, height of box: 6.7cm, thickness: 0.9cm, weight: 170g

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UK art market

5603

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Rajasthani Silver Cuff Bracelet

Rajasthan, India
19th century

length: 8.6cm, diameter: 6.3cm-7.5cm, weight; 95g

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UK art market

5605

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Algerian Silver Bracelet

Aures mountains and Chaouia, Algeria
early 20th century

internal diameter: 6cm, thickness: 2.4cm, height of diamond-shaped bezel: 4cm, weight: 85g

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UK art market

5084

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Algerian Colonial Silver & Coral Hinged Bracelet

Algeria
circa 1920

internal diameter: 5.2cm, external diameter: 8.5c, width: 4.2cm, weight: 126g

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Provenance

UK art market

5107

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Cast Silver Bracelet

Tihama Region, likely Hudayda (al Dhahiyy), Yemen
18th-19th century

external diameter: 10cm, inside diameter: 6.4cm, weight: 145g

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Provenance

UK art market

4860

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Yellow Venetian Glass & Brass Bead Necklace

Andhra Pradesh, India
19th century

length: 84cm, weight: 280g

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Provenance

UK private collection

3966

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Large Silver Bead & Amber Necklace with Amulet Box (Hirz)

San'a, Yemen
early 20th century

total length (circumference as worn): 96cm, total weight: 381g

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5620

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South Indian Toda Silver Woman’s Necklace

Toda People, Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India
19th century

total length (or circumference as worn): 50.5cm, weight: 175g

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private collection, UK.

5471

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Gilded Silver Mounted Pectoral Reliquary Cross with Carved Steatite (Enkolpia)

Mount Athos, Macedonian Greece
15th century

total length of chain (circumference as worn): 72cm, length of cross (without coin): 7.3cm, thickness of cross: 1.1cm, weight: 97g

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UK art market

5248

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Indian Chased Silver Makara Bracelet

Madras, South India
circa 1880

internal diameter at widest point: 5.7cm, weight: 65g

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Provenance

UK art market

5472

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Indian Enamelled Gold Earrings with Emeralds & Pearls

India
19th century

length: 2.7cm, combined wight: 4.98g

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Provenance

UK art market

3988

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Silver Double Axe Pendant (Taka)

Central Flores, Eastern Indonesia
18th-19th century

height: 6.5cm, width: 9cm, weight: 19g

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Provenance

Dutch antique market; private Dutch collection; acquired previously in the Netherlands.

4036

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Chinese Silver Filigree & Jade Hinged Bracelet

China
circa 1900

internal diameter: 5.6cm, height: 2.1cm, weight: 46.25g

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Provenance

UK art market

5048

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Hand-Rolled Turquoise Bead Necklace

Navajo Pueblo People, South-West United States
19th-early 20th century

length: 42cm ( 25cm for the double strand of turquoise), weight: 41g

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Provenance

private collection, UK

4798

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Indian Silver Bead Necklace

Gujarat, India
19th-early 20th century

length: 60cm, weight: 229g

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4232

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Naga Glass Bead Necklace

Naga People, Burma/India
late 1940s

length: 59cm, weight: 182g

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Provenance

private collection, London.

4499

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Necklace of Rare Hollow Reeded Gold Beads

Pyu (present-day Burma)
5th-9th century

length of bead section: 18cm (36cm circumference), weight: 29g

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Provenance

UK art market; private collection, London.

4256

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Rare Fossilised Palmwood (Pumtek) Bead Necklace

Pyu Kingdom, Burma, China People, Western Burma & Mizo People, Eastern India
circa 10th century

length: 76cm, weight: 93g

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Provenance

private collection, London.

2238

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Gold Filigree Minangkabau Gold Bracelet (Galang Gadang)

Minangkabau People, West Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

outside widest diameter: 8.8cm, inside widest diameter: 6cm, width of bezel: 3.5cm, weight: 50g

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Provenance

private collection