A MULTI-STRANDED PEARL AND SPINEL BEADS NECKLACE WITH DIAMOND-SET FLORAL PENDANTS
Jaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, the necklace 21st century, the floral pendants 19th century

The modern necklace with five strands alternating natural seed pearls with rows of rounded spinel beads on a red cotton string, with a modern orange cotton sliding knot clasp, the longest strand 37.5cm excluding the orange cotton string; and five flower-shaped pendants of increasing size, with polki diamonds in kundan-setting, each one with eight petals and caparisoned with oval spinel beads, the reverse enamelled in the typical Jaipuri palette in red, green and white floral and aviary motifs, once part of an earlier necklace or piece of jewellery, the largest pendant 2cm x 1.8cm at widest points.