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Designed as a flexible bracelet with navratna stones with kundan-set diamond polki along the edges. The reverse is in red and green enamel in floral motif on gold ground.

Gross weight: 15.95 grams


Provenance: Property of a late Indian film actress

In ancient Indian philosophy, the navratna, or the nine stones, represent the powers of nine planets or deities, and are believed to channel these to bestow good health and fortune on those who wear them. The deities with whom they are associated are aligned in a certain direction, and when incorporating the stones into amulets or jewellery, the arrangement is as important as the stones themselves. This arrangement is in conjunction with Hindu cosmological beliefs which conceived of the universe as containing seven planets, and two personifications of the moon. Based on this, the ruby, which represents the sun, occupies prime position at the centre. It is surrounded or flanked by the remaining stones, which include the pearl (moon), emerald (Mercury), diamond (Venus), red coral (Mars), yellow sapphire (Jupiter), blue sapphire (Saturn), hessonite (Rahu, which is the ascending lunar node) and cat???s eye chrysoberyl (Ketu, which is the descending the lunar node).

Designed as a flexible bracelet with navratna stones with kundan-set diamond polki along the edges. The reverse is in red and green enamel in floral motif on gold ground.

Gross weight: 15.95 grams


Provenance: Property of a late Indian film actress

In ancient Indian philosophy, the navratna, or the nine stones, represent the powers of nine planets or deities, and are believed to channel these to bestow good health and fortune on those who wear them. The deities with whom they are associated are aligned in a certain direction, and when incorporating the stones into amulets or jewellery, the arrangement is as important as the stones themselves. This arrangement is in conjunction with Hindu cosmological beliefs which conceived of the universe as containing seven planets, and two personifications of the moon. Based on this, the ruby, which represents the sun, occupies prime position at the centre. It is surrounded or flanked by the remaining stones, which include the pearl (moon), emerald (Mercury), diamond (Venus), red coral (Mars), yellow sapphire (Jupiter), blue sapphire (Saturn), hessonite (Rahu, which is the ascending lunar node) and cat???s eye chrysoberyl (Ketu, which is the descending the lunar node).