Rainbow Motif Miniature Painting Earrings with London Topaz & Pearls

In 2016, the Silvia Furmanovich was mesmerized by the 100 masterful paintings in the exhibition “Divine Pleasures: Painting from India’s Rajput Courts” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The designer later embarked on a 40-day artistic pilgrimage through India. In Udaipur, the designer encountered artisans who have mastered he painstaking tradition of miniature painting since the 16th century.

Furmanovich commissions artisans from Udaipur to create dreamlike natural sceneries, intricate figures and vibrant patterns on scalloped pieces of wood and bone. The pieces are painted with brushes of just one or two squirrel-tail hairs, utilizing mineral-based pigments made of crushed gems such as blue lapis lazuli and green malachite, as well as yellow sulfur, black carbon and red iron oxide. The works are then mounted into statement earrings with gemstones echoing the hues of the paints.

• 18k yellow gold
• Diamond: 0.32cts
• London Blue Topaz: 4.65ct
• Dimensions: 1.5in x 1in
• Hand-painted in India
• Hand-crafted in Brazil