Indian Royals Jewellery Auction

An auction of royal Indian jewellery at Christie's here has totalled almost $109 million, with a jade-hilted dagger of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a ceremonial sword of the Nizams of Hyderabad and a bejewelled medieval huqqa setting world records.

A collection of jewels belonging to an anonymous Indian royal family will go under the hammer later this month at international auction house Bonhams' Indian and Islamic art sale.

An auction of royal Indian jewellery at Christie's here has totalled almost $109 million, with a jade-hilted dagger of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a ceremonial sword of the Nizams of Hyderabad and a bejewelled medieval huqqa setting world records.

A collection of jewels belonging to an anonymous Indian royal family will go under the hammer later this month at international auction house Bonhams' Indian and Islamic art sale.