| Stone Type | Monalisa Stone, Pearl |
| Weight (g) | 100.00 |
| Colour | Red |
| Occasion | Festival |
The chain is built from teardrop stones alternating with clusters of small silver beads, running down both sides. At the front hangs an unusual pendant: a horizontal barrel of pierced silver, cut through in a diamond lattice, capped at both ends and topped with two peacocks facing outward. Below it sit a square stone and a smaller clear one, with pearl clusters to either side. The matching earrings are deep pierced jhumkas beneath stone set tops.
Available in 7 colours: Green, Multi Color, Sea Green, Red, Ruby, Baby Pink and White. The colour refers to the stones.
A horizontal barrel is a genuinely unusual pendant shape. It comes from the taviz or amulet case, worn across Indian and Central Asian traditions to hold a written prayer, and using it as a decorative form gives the piece an architecture that a flat plaque does not have.
Cutting it through in a lattice is what makes it work visually. A solid barrel would read as a heavy tube; pierced, it becomes a cage and the light goes through it.
Facing outward from the top of the barrel with tails curling back, which widens the pendant and gives the horizontal form something rising above it.
Teardrop stones alternating with bead clusters, so the sides carry both colour and texture rather than being a plain run to the pendant.
The pendant sits below the collarbone with the barrel lying horizontally across the chest. Moderate weight and the chain hinges at every join.
Plain solid cotton, handloom and simple silk. The horizontal pendant suits a round or boat neckline particularly well, where the two lines reinforce each other.
The cylindrical case worn at the neck is one of the oldest jewellery forms on the subcontinent, made to hold a written prayer, a verse or a protective charm, and found from Rajasthan through Ladakh into Central Asia. Traditionally the case actually opened, and some still do; most modern versions are purely decorative and keep only the shape, the end caps and the horizontal orientation. Recognising the form explains why so many oxidised silver pieces use a horizontal tube at the centre where a Western design would use a round pendant — it is not an arbitrary shape but a reference with a long history behind it.
Never use a silver dip, which strips the oxidised finish. Wipe with a dry soft cloth and store flat.
| Stone Type | Monalisa Stone, Pearl |
| Weight (grams) | 100.00 |
| Colour/Finish | Red |
| Occasion | Festival |
| Gender | women |
| SKU/Product Code | KEYU-NAA2810 |
