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Nose Ring

20th century (made)
Place of origin

Nose ring, called a moti mayur walla (moti meaning peral and mayur meaning peacock). It is made of a gold wire ring with a hook at one end which slots into a twisted loop for an eye at the other end on the left hand side. On the right hand side there is a stylised peacock made of kundan gold set with gemstones in green, red, translucent white with a central cracked stone possibly of a white translucent colour with a pink foil backing. It is edged with pearls. The central part of the ring has rows of tiny seed pearls strung across on fine gold wire which is also wound across the mesh and fixed to the lower edge of the ring and the kundan motif. Two larger pearls are fixed at the top, the right hand one of which is encircled by a row of tiny seed pearls while the left hand one has a pendant cluster of seed pearls attached at the top. A further nine pendant clusters of seed pearls, two of which have green gemstone drops with another two with red gemstone drops. The lower arc of the ring has a central oval red gemstone threaded onto it and set between pairs of pierced granulated rings, gold beads and deep red gemstone beads.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold <i>kundan</i> and wirework, pearls and gemstones.
Brief description
Nose ring, moti mayur walla, in gold with pearls strung on gold wires and gems. The design of a peacock is set with gemstones in kundan gold. Udaipur to Kota region, Rajasthan
Physical description
Nose ring, called a moti mayur walla (moti meaning peral and mayur meaning peacock). It is made of a gold wire ring with a hook at one end which slots into a twisted loop for an eye at the other end on the left hand side. On the right hand side there is a stylised peacock made of kundan gold set with gemstones in green, red, translucent white with a central cracked stone possibly of a white translucent colour with a pink foil backing. It is edged with pearls. The central part of the ring has rows of tiny seed pearls strung across on fine gold wire which is also wound across the mesh and fixed to the lower edge of the ring and the kundan motif. Two larger pearls are fixed at the top, the right hand one of which is encircled by a row of tiny seed pearls while the left hand one has a pendant cluster of seed pearls attached at the top. A further nine pendant clusters of seed pearls, two of which have green gemstone drops with another two with red gemstone drops. The lower arc of the ring has a central oval red gemstone threaded onto it and set between pairs of pierced granulated rings, gold beads and deep red gemstone beads.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 10.2g
  • Height: 4.5cm
  • Width: 5.5cm
Credit line
Given by Dr W. Ganguly
Object history
Purchased by Dr Ganguly from Amrapali, Jaipur, Rajasthan, in April 2009.
Bibliographic reference
Ganguly, W., Nose Rings of India, Delhi, 2015 pp.74-75, illus
Collection
Accession number
IS.287-2019

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Record createdMay 21, 2015
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