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Kundan Jewelry

The jewelry of India knows no bounds in itspushed  right  into the still pliable kundan.
offerings to the modern world. This is
because India must be one of the mostKundan jewelry is also one of the old types
prolific countries when it comes to makingof jewelry in India because the style on
jewelry, whether it be the simple enjoyablewhich it was made was used only way back when
ones or the highly delicate ones that areclaw settings were still yet unknown in the
intricate in its designs. There are just manycountry. Then, kundan jewelry had its
types of Indian jewelry that even the youngprecious stones were only set in gold and it
could find what they want among its offeringwasn't only until the nineteenth century that
of beads and shells in interwoven colorfulclaw settings were introduced and used by the
threads. One of the most highly regardedjewelers in India. This was during the
Indian jewelry nowadays is the kundanRajastahan empire when kings paid their
jewelry.jewelers handsomely for the exquisite kundan
jewelry that they made that called for
Kundan jewelry is made of gold that is highlyexcellent  craftsmanship.
refined and is known as kundan in India.
Indian jewelers also have another meaning ofThere are now a lot of kundan jewelry
the word. For them, kundan is not only theavailable in the market and they could even
gold that is made into a jewel but also thebe bought online. There are spectacularly
type of setting on which they set thedesigned kundan jewelry necklace sets that
precious stones. Kundan jewelry is not madecome with earrings. The most common are those
of real solid gold. Its center part is madethat have uncut diamonds and other precious
of lac or a natural resin made from hardenedstones set in gold. Among the commonly used
tree sap. The jewelry pieces that makes thegems in kundan jewelry are emeralds, rubies
whole kundan jewelry, which are usuallyand sapphires. This kundan jewelry, though,
justified into hollow separate halves, areis often just a replica of the original one
usually handled by separate jewelers ormade in the eighteenth or seventeenth or
assistant jewelers for its shaping beforenineteenth centuries. The original pieces
they are fitted together through soldering.could sell for as much as $200,000 or more
Holes are then bored into the separate halvesper  set.
of the kundan jewelry, once they are fitted
together to make the pattern designed by theBuying kundan jewelry nowadays may have been
jeweler. These holes are where the stones aremade more attainable for those who have
set. Any engraving is done before the hollowsdeeper pockets as compared to the olden times
of the kundan jewelry are then inserted withwhen only kings and queens could afford them.
lac. Because the lac could still be seenHaving kundan jewelry replicated and sold at
through the holes in front, the highlylower prices is a welcome alternative for
refined kundan gold is poured on the settingthose who could not afford to buy the
to cover the lac and only then is the stoneoriginal antique pieces.



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