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A-Sirkar Handswear | Bespoke Bengal Jewellery

exquisite hand chased choker studded with precious stones from A.Sirkar.....

Kalyani Necklace, it was otherwise loosely referred to as 'pushpa-har'. Painstakingly crafted and assembled by hand in soft yellow 22K gold, the ornament looks fabulous as a choker but works equally elegantly as a necklace provided you allow it the space and not subdue it by pairing it with a saree the border of which is heavily patterned.

A necklace inspired by radar technology sounds daunting –– one of those unwearable peculiarities that modern jewellery ‘artists’ dish out in the name of deeply thought design that transcend their discipline to become sculpture or statement art or some such stuff that’s supposedly loaded with meaning but actually drained of any but that which is utterly personal and completely self-satisfying. Contrarily, this jewel is nothing like that. It has beauty, is of unconventional but fair form.

A magnificent peacock choker with a detachable pendant from the house of A.Sirkar Jewellers.

Oshar : Kantha kaajer oshar, a grandmother's cherished possession, in which she'd secreted away her beloved Sonar Bangla, now presented in suddha guinea sona as a necklace that is at once an arresting goyna and a magical time machine to a golden past. Crafted with utmost care, intricate arrangements of mihi-reji, tarer binuni, and ball create the pretty oshar with a symbolic matha (head) resting on one end.

The jhumka is a mirror-polished dome capped with a large katai-flower. A ring-reji border and two rows of big-and-small ball beads reflect the idiom of the ‘tarkulia’ pasha and then a notched bezel enables the captivating double-row single-ball fringe that makes the pasha and the jhumka cohere with the natural harmony of their designs. Yet both parts are eminently wearable as separate ornaments, the jhumkas with any plain gold tops.