A Mughal gem-set agate archer's ring
North India, 18th Centuryof typical form, decorated in diamond and ruby inlay in a gold kundan setting with a central flowerhead issuing a floral vine
4.3 cm long注脚Provenance
Private French collection.

The design of a central flowerhead issuing floral interlace appears to have been highly fashionable amongst the Mughal elite in the 17th and 18th Centuries, as evidenced by a number of fine examples which exist from the period. For examples see Pedro Moura Carvalho, Gems and Jewels of Mughal India, The Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, London, 2010, pp. 98-99, nos. 37-40.

A related example was sold in Christie's, Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence, New York, 19th June 2019, lot 15.