#1700

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A small collar to celebrate, once again, a Chinese Year of the Tiger, here are two woven tigers flanking two Indian 22k gold pendants.

 

Notes:

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The center one depicting a goddess, most likely Durga*, riding a tiger, and the lower, a floral motif. - as are the two heart-shaped beads at the sides. The gem beads are of peridot, black spinnel. Baltic amber and others of 22k gold.

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*Durga is seen as a motherly figure and often depicted as a beautiful woman, riding a lion or tiger, with many arms each carrying a weapon and often defeating demons.  Durga riding a tiger indicates that she possesses unlimited power and uses it to protect virtue and destroy evil.

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As the artist was born in one of those tiger years, she did not want to let this one pass without honoring it with a special design.