Earring

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Nepal (made)

Pair of earrings made from copper gilt inlaid with turquoise, mother of pearl, red resin, red gems (including rubies), clear gems and glass. At the top is an arch-shaped piece inlaid with red gems and turquoise with a red gem and a leaf-shaped pendant hanging from each end. An oval pendant is attached to the bottom edge of the arch-shaped piece. The pendant has a mother of pearl at its centre and is surrounded by round red gems and then oval darker red/purple gems. All the gems are set in beaded metal mounts.

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Category	Jewellery
Object type	Earring
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Earring Earring
Materials and techniques	Copper-gilt, semi-precious stones Copper-Gilt
Brief description	Pair of earrings, silver gilt and semi-precious stones, Nepal, 19th century.
Physical description	Pair of earrings made from copper gilt inlaid with turquoise, mother of pearl, red resin, red gems (including rubies), clear gems and glass. At the top is an arch-shaped piece inlaid with red gems and turquoise with a red gem and a leaf-shaped pendant hanging from each end. An oval pendant is attached to the bottom edge of the arch-shaped piece. The pendant has a mother of pearl at its centre and is surrounded by round red gems and then oval darker red/purple gems. All the gems are set in beaded metal mounts.
Dimensions	Height: 7.2cm Width: 7cm
Credit line	Given by Suzanne Levi
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.140:1, 2-2009

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Record created	December 8, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1141391/earring-unknown/

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