A RECONSTITUTED INDIAN NECKLACE WITH SEED PEARLS AND GEM-SET ENAMELLED BARREL PENDANTS
Northern India, late 19th and early 21st centuries

The necklace strung with untested, unevenly sized seed pearls and 19th-century hexagonal barrel-like pendants, champlevé enamelled in the traditional Jaipuri meenakari palette (white, red and green) with floral motifs on the back and encrusted with small faceted diamond beads in circular and drop-shaped kundan settings on the front, the ends linked with an intertwined metal and coral silk threads string with tassel, the pearl-strung section 36.5cm long, the fully opened necklace 42.5cm long.

Dimensions: the pearl-strung section 36.5cm long