| Stone Type | Kundan, Pearl |
| Weight (g) | 90.00 |
| Colour | Red |
| Occasion | Wedding |
The pendant is a chandbali — a crescent turned into a full rounded fan — outlined in gold with a peacock standing at each upper corner, their tails curving down the sides. The interior is filled with kundan in graded sizes, a large oval at the centre surrounded by smaller stones, and a dense pearl fringe runs along the lower edge. It hangs from a silver chain punctuated with gold beads, fastening with a black dori and tassel. The earrings are the same design at nearly the same scale.
Available in 3 colours: Red, Ruby and Green. The colour refers to the kundan filling the pendant and earrings.
Making the earrings almost as large as the pendant is a deliberate choice and an unusual one. It turns the set into three matched pieces of similar weight rather than one necklace with accessories, and it means the look reads from a distance.
The peacocks are structural rather than decorative. They form the shoulders of the chandbali, so the outline of the piece is made by the birds themselves instead of a plain frame with birds added on.
Stones are graded from a large central oval outward to small ones at the rim, which is what gives the fan its sense of radiating from a centre. Uniform stones would have made the same shape look flat.
A plain silver link chain with gold beads spaced along it, finishing in a black thread and tassel so the length adjusts. Deliberately simple, because the pendant carries the whole design.
The pendant sits just below the collarbone. Substantial but not bridal heavy, and the pearl fringe keeps the lower edge soft against the skin.
Silk sarees, lehengas and anarkalis with an open neckline. Clear kundan means it goes with any outfit colour, which is the practical advantage of white stones over coloured ones.
Chandbali means moon shaped, and the form arrived in India through the Mughal court, where a crescent hung from a stud was already an established shape in Persian and Central Asian jewellery. In Hyderabad it grew wider and heavier until the crescent closed into the rounded fan we recognise today, usually filled with uncut stones and finished with a fringe of pearls. It is now one of the few designs worn across almost every region of India, which is why a chandbali pendant sits comfortably with a Kanjeevaram, a Banarasi or a plain cotton saree alike.
Store it flat in a pouch so the pearl fringe is not crushed. Keep the dori dry, put it on after perfume, and wipe with a dry soft cloth.
| Stone Type | Kundan, Pearl |
| Weight (grams) | 90.00 |
| Colour/Finish | Red |
| Occasion | Wedding |
| Gender | women |
| SKU/Product Code | KEYU-NAA3257 |
