Old Mine Cut Antique Gold Indian Earrings Chinese 22k
Early 20th century ethnic earrings set with mine cut diamonds and round cut diamonds in 22k.
These are Straits earrings, a tender spot between Chinese and Indian traditional earrings of this region.
The ethnicity of these earrings is debatable, even more if we consider its Etruscan flair.
The diagonal blocks seem chunky but they are balanced by the fringe tassels, its very golden allure is bohemian, historical.
These pendant earrings are impossible to come by in terms of their form, but such is allure from the hodgepodge of cultures we get in the tropics.
Imagine squares, curlicues, tassels, and bead work, they are all in these earrings, yet the whole feels compact and contained.
Ornate, not costume, and refined, who will wear this right…
The old mine cut diamonds weigh 1.69ctw.
The earrings measure 3.7cm by 1.8cm.
