A COLLECTION OF NINE EMERALDS
India, 20th century. Comprising of six rectangular cut stones with truncated corners in larger and smaller sizes, and three ovoid cut stones. One emerald of deep green tone, the others of lighter emerald-green hue.

Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.
Condition: Good condition, two stones with a minuscule chip to the rim, general wear, one stone with a natural fissure.

Weight: 70 g (total)
Dimensions: Length from 1.8 cm to 3.5 cm