HAIR ORNAMENT CHOTI
North India, Lahore, turn of 18th/19th century
SKU: C21
Gold Choti or Chunti, consisting of one large and three smaller dome-shaped ornaments, kundan set with flat-cut diamonds and cabochon rubies, decorated with strings of pearls.
Choti is a hair ornament which is suspended from the end of a woman’s braid. It sometimes consists of silk or cotton thread, with which the hair is tied.
Literature
exhibited at “A Kaleidoscope of Colours”, Indian Mughal Jewels from the 18th and 19th centuries
8-5-1997 ~ 17-8-1997 Provinviaal Diamant museum Antwerpen, Belgie
Exhibit no 01 Exhibition Cataloque p. 52.
Oppi Untracht, “Traditional jewelry of India” p.217, ill 425