Saheli har NECKLACE, on a 750 thousandths yellow gold cord, - Lot 141

Saheli har NECKLACE, on a 750 thousandths yellow gold cord, set with engraved balls decorated with flowers and holding seven pendants, each adorned with imitation stones on foil (leucosaphir, turquoise, rubies and various), the center decorated with tree-of-life motifs, and or birds applied on a glass background on foil. Each pendant holds small gold balls, the backs engraved with foliage. Indian work, probably 19th century. (Worn, chipped and missing). Height of main pendant: 4.2 cm Gross weight: 185.5 g The tree of life is a figure found in both Muslim and Hindu culture. For Muslims, it symbolizes the tree growing in the middle of the Garden of Eden, whose fruit provided eternal life; in Hindu tradition, it is the tree that sustains the universe and preserves life. A similar model: Bernadette Van Gelder, Traditional Indian jewellery, beautiful people, p. 274-275 Bibl. Untracht, Traditional jewelry of India, p.116-117