White Gold-Plated Thappa Jadau Kundan Adjustable Ring - TJ-R59

DETAILS Stone Setting : Thappa Jadau Kundan (Antique Gold-Plated) Fastening : Adjustable Contains : Single PieceCRAFT STORY Mortantra's Jadau Kundan collection draws on one of India's oldest stone-setting crafts - a tradition carried by both the royal workshops of Rajasthan and the karigar ateliers of Gujarat - in which refined gold is worked around each stone to hold it without a single prong. We set silver-foiled stones into gold-plated brass and finish the metal by hand, bringing this royal-workshop craft within reach as accessible luxury.Jadau Kundan was perfected from the sixteenth century in the royal workshops of Jaipur and Bikaner and in the karigar quarters of Gujarat, where the same craft is long known as Pachi Kundan; artisans pressed purified gold around each stone in a bed of lac so it sat secure without claws or prongs, the reverse often turned into a second artwork in meenakari enamel. Mortantra's pieces carry that setting tradition forward in gold-plated metalwork, holding each stone the way the craft always has.THE PIECE A gold-plated adjustable ring in the Thappa Jadau tradition, set with Quartz Polki-style stones laid in lac in the manner of uncut-diamond Kundan work. The piece carries an antique gold finish throughout. A single white-toned stone cluster forms the focal setting, giving the ring a characteristically dense, old-world presence suited to bridal and festive occasions.