Nivi Jaisalmeri Necklace

Indian necklace for women handcrafted in gold. The main element is a stone inlaid with a flowering tree of life (jeevan vriksh) dressed in polki using the traditional jadai technique and bordered with kundan-set diamonds. It is suspended from and elliptical unit, set with stone and inlaid with diamonds, through a circular polki halo unit.

On either side of the central unit are 3 strands. The smallest strand, closest to it are dressed in diamonds and South Sea pearls. The second strand comprises drop-shaped elements dressed in polki and bordered by seed pearls using chakkar-pirai, 8-petaled polki rosettes, and South Sea pearls. The third strand comprises alternating elliptical- and drop-shaped polki elements. The elliptical units are dressed in meena chudiwork, while the drop-shaped units are bordered with a halo of polki.

This entire unit is suspended from three lines of pearls interspersed with emeralds and polki units.

The Tree of Life is an ancient motif, which has different significances in different cultures. In some texts, it's the cosmic tree that supports the Universe, and thus, life. And in some, it represents the tree that grew in the middle of the Garden of Eden and bore 12 fruits that, when eaten, gave their consumers eternal life