AN INDIAN NECKLACE WITH SEED PEARLS AND MUGHAL CARVED EMERALD BEADS
Northern India, 18th and 20th centuries

The necklace strung with eleven 18th-century Mughal emerald beads of faceted ovoid shape, each end carved with a rounded rosette head irradiating concentric scalloped bands throughout the body, pierced at the top, interspersed amidst five intertwined strands of untested seed pearls, the ends linked with a braided metal and dark green silk threads string with tassel, the largest emerald bead 2cm long, the pearl-strung section 38cm long, the fully opened necklace 46.8cm long.

Dimensions: the fully opened necklace 46.8cm long