| The jewelry of India knows no bounds in
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| | and only then is the stone pushed right
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| its offerings to the modern world. This
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| | into the still pliable kundan. Kundan
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| is because India must be one of the most
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| | jewelry is also one of the old types of
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| prolific countries when it comes to
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| | jewelry in India because the style on
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| making jewelry, whether it be the simple
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| | which it was made was used only way back
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| enjoyable ones or the highly delicate
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| | when claw settings were still yet unknown
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| ones that are intricate in its designs.
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| | in the country. Then, kundan jewelry had
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| There are just many types of Indian
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| | its precious stones were only set in gold
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| jewelry that even the young could find
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| | and it wasn't only until the nineteenth
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| what they want among its offering of
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| | century that claw settings were
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| beads and shells in interwoven colorful
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| | introduced and used by the jewelers in
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| threads. One of the most highly regarded
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| | India. This was during the Rajastahan
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| Indian jewelry nowadays is the kundan
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| | empire when kings paid their jewelers
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| jewelry. Kundan jewelry is made of gold
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| | handsomely for the exquisite kundan
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| that is highly refined and is known as
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| | jewelry that they made that called for
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| kundan in India. Indian jewelers also
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| | excellent craftsmanship. There are now a
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| have another meaning of the word. For
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| | lot of kundan jewelry available in the
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| them, kundan is not only the gold that is
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| | market and they could even be bought
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| made into a jewel but also the type of
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| | online. There are spectacularly designed
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| setting on which they set the precious
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| | kundan jewelry necklace sets that come
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| stones. Kundan jewelry is not made of
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| | with earrings. The most common are those
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| real solid gold. Its center part is made
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| | that have uncut diamonds and other
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| of lac or a natural resin made from
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| | precious stones set in gold. Among the
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| hardened tree sap. The jewelry pieces
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| | commonly used gems in kundan jewelry are
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| that makes the whole kundan jewelry,
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| | emeralds, rubies and sapphires. This
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| which are usually justified into hollow
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| | kundan jewelry, though, is often just a
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| separate halves, are usually handled by
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| | replica of the original one made in the
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| separate jewelers or assistant jewelers
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| | eighteenth or seventeenth or nineteenth
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| for its shaping before they are fitted
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| | centuries. The original pieces could
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| together through soldering. Holes are
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| | sell for as much as $200,000 or more per
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| then bored into the separate halves of
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| | set. Buying kundan jewelry nowadays may
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| the kundan jewelry, once they are fitted
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| | have been made more attainable for those
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| together to make the pattern designed by
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| | who have deeper pockets as compared to
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| the jeweler. These holes are where the
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| | the olden times when only kings and
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| stones are set. Any engraving is done
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| | queens could afford them. Having kundan
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| before the hollows of the kundan jewelry
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| | jewelry replicated and sold at lower
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| are then inserted with lac. Because the
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| | prices is a welcome alternative for those
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| lac could still be seen through the holes
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| | who could not afford to buy the original
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| in front, the highly refined kundan gold
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| | antique pieces.
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| is poured on the setting to cover the lac
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