Necklace (arya)

The rigid collar necklace (arya), crafted from gold and set with diamonds. The necklace comprises a broad, curved oval piece in an openwork foliate design with table-cut diamonds in foiled surrounds surmounted with a row of pearls in gold cups along the upper edge. Below the oval piece is a flexible mesh of diamond-shaped pieces set with diamonds suspending four tiered rows of triangular units, each set with diamonds and a fringe of pearls. The five diamond-set pieces fringed with pearls at the bottom completes the necklace. On the back, there is a complex network of loops and rings that holds the various elements of the jewel together.