You've seen the Golap Bagh Ananta and you've also seen the Gulbahar Hansuli. Almost in the same genre but with a painstakingly perforated finish is this glorious naksha rose vine choor that comes w...

You've seen the Golap Bagh Ananta and you've also seen the Gulbahar Hansuli. Almost in the same genre but with a painstakingly perforated finish is this glorious naksha rose vine choor that comes with a mandatory hinge because of its generous width.

Now, if this were glossy copy, we'd call the ornament a something-something cuff bracelet. But we shan't put a fashionable western spin on it even though, as we all know, "a rose by any other name is just as sweet". No ! We're proud of our heritage in Bengal and, pure and simple, this is an ultra-Bengali choor meant to be worn as a single ornament on the hand in tandem with any kind of solid gold jewellery.

The real beauty of the piece,though,comes not from its pronounced avoirdupuois but from the raw power of the hand-hewn pierced naksha that, if this were a black and white picture, would seem as if it were cut from stone. Indeed, an ornament of rare elegance and astonishing strength, much like our feminity. Rendered in pure 22K gold with an antique copper polish.