Kundan Chandbali Earrings with Pearl Outline and Bead Drops

Gold-tone chandbalis built the kundan way, with flat stones sunk into shaped settings and coloured stones. The body is a crescent. They measure about 3 inches.

The design

The crescent gives a chandbali its name — chand for moon, bali for an earring. The curve does practical work as well: it spreads the weight across a wide arc so no single point pulls on the lobe.

The body is a crescent, held broadside. The curve is not only decorative: it distributes the weight along an arc so that nothing pulls at one point on the lobe.

Small pearls run around the outer edge, tracing the shape. Outlining in pearl is a Rajasthani habit — it defines the silhouette from across a room, where the stones only read up close.

Coloured glass stones are used alongside the clear ones. Glass is the right choice for colour at this price: it takes a deeper, more saturated shade than any cut crystal does.

Shaped bead drops hang below the body of the earring, lengthening the line and stopping the design from reading as one solid block.

What it is made of

What you are holding is plated brass. That is what makes a kundan earring of this scale affordable, and it is also why it has real heft instead of feeling like foil.

Those wide flat rims around the stones are the kundan idiom. Kundan setting beds a flat stone in soft metal worked cold around its edge, and the shape it leaves behind is the most recognisable thing in Indian jewellery. Nothing here is gold foil, but the proportions are the ones that technique produced.

Colours and availability

7 colourways are stocked: Multi Color, Green, Red, Baby Pink, Purple, Pink and Black. The swatches on this page show them; the shade you choose is confirmed on your enquiry before anything is charged.

Styling them

Because they hang flat rather than forward, these go under a heavy necklace better than most large earrings. Still, one statement piece is usually enough — if the necklace is busy, keep the neck bare.

Honest notes

A note on what this is not: it is not hallmarked, it is not precious metal, and it has no resale value. Keyura sells it as what it is — a well-made plated piece with good stones, priced accordingly and described without the word gold doing any work it has not earned.

Care and storage

A plated or oxidised finish is a surface, so it wears where it rubs. Perfume and sweat dull it fastest — spray first, dress second. Wipe the pair with a soft dry cloth after wearing and seal them in a pouch with the air squeezed out, because it is oxygen and damp that do the damage, not use.

Ordering and payment

This piece is listed for enquiry rather than instant checkout. Stock runs in small lots per colour and turns over quickly, so rather than take your money and refund it later we confirm the shade is in hand first. Use the enquiry button on this page and we will come back with availability, the final price and a delivery window. Payment is prepaid in every case. We do not offer cash on delivery.