Necklace

National Collection of Qatar

Currently not on display

Title:: Necklace

Maker:: Unknown

Production place:: Bukhara
Period:: 19th century CE

Material:: Gold, Pearl, Ruby, Emerald, Sapphire, Turquoise
Dimensions:: 29 × 10 × 0.7 cm

Jewellers crafted this exquisite necklace in gold and adorned it with rubies and freshwater pearls. They made it in the Indian tradition, likely for the market of Bukhara in Uzbekistan. The mussels from the rivers of Central Asia and Russia produced the pearls in the necklace. Experts believe they created it between 1880 and 1900.