The Khmer Collection of Fine Handcrafted Jewelry

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The Khmer Collection is a line of fine jewelry inspired by the art of Angkor Wat, meticulous attention to detail, coupled with world class workmanshi p to ensure enduring beauty.

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table of contents 04 About Us 05 The background behind each unique piece 24 Khmer Bracelets & Charms 27 Khmer Charms 28 Khmer Earrings 30 Khmer Pendants 33 Khmer Rings

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we are a group of artists who work in metal and have established a workshop in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We hail from 4 different countries. We aren’t big enough to be called a factory and we hope we never are. Our designs whether completely original or our version of a classic design all express our commitment to quality and attention to detail. WE MAKE ALL OF OUR OWN PRODUCTS.

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S olid STERLING SILVER large and small Apsara face pendant Apsaras are beautiful, supernatural women. They are youthful and elegant, and proficient in the art of dancing. They are the wives of the Gandharvas, the court servants of Indra. They dance to the music made by their husbands, usually in the palaces of the gods, and entertain gods and fallen heroes. As caretakers of fallen heroes, they may be compared to the valkyries of Norse mythology.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver Large Apsara KC30PS - Weight 12 grams Small Apsara KC102PS - Weight 4 grams

Small Apsara Face Dimensions: W 18 mm x H 20 mm

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Large Apsara Face Dimensions: W 22 mm x H 45 mm

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S olid STERLING SILVER Apsara dancing pendant Apsaras are beautiful, supernatural women. They are youthful and elegant, and proficient in the art of dancing. They are the wives of the Gandharvas, the court servants of Indra. They dance to the music made by their husbands, usually in the palaces of the gods, and entertain gods and fallen heroes. As caretakers of fallen heroes, they may be compared to the valkyries of Norse mythology.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC103PS - Weight 4 grams

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Dimensions: W 17 mm x H 23 mm

S olid STERLING SILVER Apsara dancing with Lotus Flower Pendant & inlaid Opal gemstone Apsaras are beautiful, supernatural women. They are youthful and elegant, and proficient in the art of dancing. They are the wives of the Gandharvas, the court servants of Indra. They dance to the music made by their husbands, usually in the palaces of the gods, and entertain gods and fallen heroes. As caretakers of fallen heroes, they may be compared to the valkyries of Norse mythology.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC112PS - Weight 16 grams

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Dimensions: W 30 mm x H 40 mm

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S olid STERLING SILVER chinthes/mahamuni pendant The story of why chinthes guard the entrances of pagodas and temples are given as such: A princess had a son through her marriage to a lion, but later abandoned the lion who then became enraged and set out on a road of terror throughout the lands. The son then went out to slay this terrorizing lion. The son came back home to his mother stating he slew the lion, and then found out that he killed his own father.

The son later constructed a statue of the lion as a guardian of a temple to atone for his sin.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC105PS - Weight 0 grams

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Dimensions: W 00 mm x H 00 mm

S olid STERLING SILVER crocodile pendant - A symbol of long life Crocodile or Makara is of great significance in Hinduism and plays an important role in many famous incidents mentioned in Hindu scriptures. The Vehicle or Vahana of Goddess Ganga is a crocodile or Makara and She is believed to travel from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal a top a crocodile.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC0016PS - Weight 9 grams

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Dimensions: W 35 mm x H 15 mm

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S olid STERLING SILVER Dharmacakra wheel pendant The Dharmachakra symbol is represented as a chariot wheel with eight or more spokes. It is one of the oldest known Buddhist symbols found in Indian art, appearing with the first surviving post-Harappan Indian iconography in the time of the Buddhist King Aśoka.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC101PS - Weight 5 grams

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Dimensions: Diameter 20 mm

S olid STERLING SILVER large & small Erawan 3 Headed E lephant pendant Erawan (Thai: เอราวัณ) is the Thai name of Airavata.

It is depicted as a huge elephant, having three, sometimes with 33 heads. The heads are often shown with more than two tusks. Some statues show the Hindu god Indra riding on Erawan.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC14PS SML - Weight 7 grams KC14PS LGE - Weight 10 grams

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Dimensions: Small: W 8 mm x H 20 mm Large: W 15 mm x H 27 mm

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S olid STERLING SILVER Hanuman pendant Hanuman is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine, whose fate it is to aid the hero Rama in the struggle against the demon King Ravana.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC13PS - Weight 15 grams

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Dimensions: W 00 mm x H 00 mm

S olid STERLING SILVER ganesha pendant Although Ganesh is known by many other attributes, Ganesha’s elephant head makes him easy to identify.

Ganesha is widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles and more generally as Lord of Beginnings and Lord of Obstacles.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC03PS - Weight 7 grams

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Dimensions: Large: W 14 mm x H 19 mm

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S olid STERLING SILVER large Indra-de v i pendant Indra is the King of the gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svarlgaloka in Hindu Mythology, and also he is the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall.

Indra is one of the chief deities in the Rigveda. He is celebrated as a demiurge who pushes up the sky, releases dawn (Ushas) from the Vala cave, and slays V᚛tra; both latter actions are central to the Soma sacrifice.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC11PS - Weight 6 grams

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Dimensions: Large: W 17 mm x H 31 mm

S olid STERLING SILVER small Indra-de v i pendant Indra is the King of the gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svarlgaloka in Hindu Mythology, and also he is the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall.

Indra is one of the chief deities in the Rigveda. He is celebrated as a demiurge who pushes up the sky, releases dawn (Ushas) from the Vala cave, and slays V᚛tra; both latter actions are central to the Soma sacrifice.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC12PS - Weight 4 grams

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Dimensions: Small: W 12 mm x H 21 mm

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S olid STERLING SILVER jayavarman vii pendant Jayavarman VII or in Khmer (1125–1215) was a king (reigned c.1181-1215) of the Khmer Empire in present day Siem Reap. Cambodia. He was the son of King Dharanindravarman II (r. 1150-1160) and Queen Sri Jayarajacudamani. He married Jayarajadevi and then, after her death, married her sister Indradevi.

The two women are commonly thought to have been a great inspiration to him, particularly in his unusual devotion to Buddhism, as only one prior Khmer king is a Buddhist.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC106PS - Weight 6 grams

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Dimensions: W 21 mm x H 30 mm

S olid STERLING SILVER lotus flower pendant Most deities of Asian religions are depicted as seated on a lotus flower. In Buddhist symbolism, the lotus represents purity of the body, speech, and mind as if floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC104PS - Weight 4 grams

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Dimensions: W 19 mm x H 22 mm

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S olid STERLING SILVER Mahayana pendant The transition from Hindu god-king to Mahayana Buddha-king was probably gradual and imperceptible.

The prevailing Vaishnavite and Shaivite faith traditions gave way to the worship of the Gautama Buddha and the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC107PS - Weight 5 grams

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Dimensions: W 23 mm x H 24 mm

S olid STERLING SILVEr large & small Phra Prom Buddha Cut Earlobe Pendant Phra Phrom (พระพรหม; from Sanskrit: Vara Brahma) is the Thai representation of the Hindu god Brahma, and is regarded as a fortune and protection deity. A celebrated example of this representation is the statue of Brahma at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok. The golden dome of the Government House of Thailand also contains a statue of Phra Phrom.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC0018PS SML - Weight 4 grams KC0017PS LGE - Weight 7 grams

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Dimensions: Small: W 7 mm x H 20 mm Large: W 20 mm x H 30 mm

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S olid STERLING SILVER Phra R ahu amulet pendant In Hindu mythology, Rahu is a cut-off head of an asura, that swallows the sun or the moon causing eclipses.

He is depicted in art as a serpent with no body riding a chariot drawn by eight black horses. Rahu is one of the navagrahas (nine planets) in Vedic astrology. The Rahu kala (time of day under the influence of Rahu) is considered inauspicious.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC100PS - Weight 26 grams

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Dimensions: W 40 mm x H 40mm

S olid STERLING SILVER prayer wheel pendant A prayer wheel is a cylindrical ‘wheel’ (Tibetan: ‘khor) on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone, leather, or even coarse cotton. Traditionally, the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is written in Sanskrit externally on the wheel. Also sometimes depicted are Dakinis, Protectors and very often the 8 auspicious symbols Ashtamangala. According to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on the lineage texts regarding prayer wheels, spinning such a wheel will have much the same meritorious effect as orally reciting the prayers.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC15PS - Weight 5 grams

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Dimensions: W 4 mm x H 51 mm

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S olid STERLING SILVER large & small ta prohm face pendant Ta Prohm is the modern name of a temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara (in Khmer).

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC0019PS SML - Weight 3 grams KC0019PS LGE - Weight 4 grams

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Dimensions: Small: W 12 mm x H 20 mm Large: W 15 mm x H 25 mm

S olid STERLING SILVER large & small v ishnu rings Vishnu - Supreme God in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God.

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver KC0022S SML - Weight 7 grams KC0021S LGE - Weight 11 grams

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Dimensions: Small: W 13 mm x H 23 mm Large: W 18 mm x H 28 mm

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khmer bracelets A psara with Lotus Flower ‘Dancing Angels’

Dharmacakra ‘What comes around comes back around’

KC111BS - Weight 30g

KC101BS - Weight 30g

Dimensions: 7 1/4 inches long

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Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver

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Dimensions: 7.5 inches long

khmer bracelets

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver

Lotus Blossom ‘Flower o f I llumination’

Mahayana with lotus flower and Dharmacakra wheel

KC110BS - Weight 30g

KC107BS - Weight 32g

Dimensions: 7.5 inches long

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Dimensions: 7 inches long

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khmer bracelets

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver

bracelet 1. Phra Prom Buddha Cut E arlobe bracelet 2. Indra-devi large bracelet 3. ta prohm face bracelet 4. Indra-devi small

ta prohm face charm

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KC05BS - Weight 22g Dimensions: 6.5 inches long

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KC06BS - Weight 22g Dimensions: 6.5 inches long

KC08BS - Weight 22g Dimensions: 6.5 inches long

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KC09BS - Weight 22g Dimensions: 6.5 inches long

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KC0019PS - Weight 3g Dimensions: W 12 mm x H 20 mm

khmer charms

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver

apsara

apsara dancing

Dharmacakra wheel

Erawan 3 Headed Elephant

ganesha

KC102CS - Weight 4g

KC103CS - Weight 4g

KC101CS - Weight 4g

KC14CS - Weight 7g

KC03CS - Weight 7g

I ndra-de vi

jayavarman vii

lotus flower

Mahayana

Phra Prom Buddha Cut Earlobe

KC12CS - Weight 4g

KC106CS - Weight 6g

KC104CS - Weight 4g

KC107CS - Weight 5g

KC0018CS - Weight 4g

Dimensions: W 18 mm x H 20 mm

Dimensions: W 12 mm x H 21 mm

Dimensions: W 17 mm x H 23 mm

Dimensions: W 21 mm x H 30 mm

Dimensions: Diameter 15 mm

Dimensions: W 19 mm x H 22 mm

Dimensions: W 8 mm x H 20 mm

Dimensions: W 23 mm x H 24 mm

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Dimensions: W 14 mm x H 19 mm

Dimensions: W 7 mm x H 20 mm

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khmer earrings

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver

apsara

large apsara face

apsara dancing

Dharmacakra wheel

Erawan 3 Headed Elephant sml

KC102ES - Weight 4g each

KC30ES - Weight 12g each

KC103ES - Weight 4g each

KC101ES - Weight 5g each

KC14ES - Weight 7g each

ganesha

Hanuman

Indra-de vi lge

Indra-dev i sml

jayavarman v ii

KC03ES - Weight 7g each

KC13ES - Weight 15g each

KC11ES - Weight 6g each

KC12ES - Weight 4g each

KC106ES - Weight 6g each

Dimensions: W 18 mm x H 20 mm

Dimensions: W 14 mm x H 19 mm

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Dimensions: W 20 mm x H 40 mm

Dimensions: W 15 mm x H 30 mm

Dimensions: W 17 mm x H 31 mm

Dimensions: Diameter 15 mm

Dimensions: W 12 mm x H 23 mm

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Dimensions: W 8 mm x H 20 mm

Dimensions: W 21 mm x H 30 mm

khmer earrings

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver

lotus flower

Mahayana

Phra Prom B uddha Cut Earlobe

prayer wheel

ta prohm face

KC104PS - Weight 4g each

KC107ES - Weight 5g each

KC0018ES - Weight 4g each

KC15ES - Weight 5g each

KC0019ES - Weight 3g each

Dimensions: W 19 mm x H 22 mm

Dimensions: W 23 mm x H 24 mm

Dimensions: W 7 mm x H 20 mm

Dimensions: W 4 mm x H 51 mm

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Dimensions: W 12 mm x H 20 mm

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khmer pendants

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver

apsara

large apsara face

apsara dancing

apsara dancing with lotus flower

chinthes or mahamuni

KC102PS - Weight 4g

KC30PS - Weight 12g

KC103PS - Weight 4g

KC112PS - Weight 16g

KC105PS

crocodile

Dharmacakra wheel

Erawan 3 Headed E lephant sml

Erawan 3 Headed Elephant LGE

ganesha

KC0016PS - Weight 9g

KC101PS - Weight 5g

KC14PS SML - Weight 7g

KC14PS LGE - Weight 10g

KC03PS - Weight 7g

Dimensions: W 18 mm x H 20 mm

Dimensons: W 35 mm x H 15 mm

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Dimensions: W 22 mm x H 45 mm

Dimensions: Diameter 20 mm

Dimensions: W 17 mm x H 23 mm

Dimensions: W 8 mm x H 20 mm

Dimensions: W 30 mm x H 40 mm

Dimensions: W 15 mm x H 27 mm

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Dimensions: W 14 mm x H 19 mm

khmer pendants

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver

Hanuman

I ndra-devi lge

Indra-devi sml

jayavarman v ii

lotus flower

KC13PS - Weight 15g

KC11PS - Weight 6g

KC12PS - Weight 4g

KC106PS - Weight 6g

KC104PS - Weight 4g

Mahayana

P hra Prom B uddha Cut Earlobe sml

Phra Prom Buddha Cut Earlobe LGE

Phra Rahu amulet

prayer wheel

KC107PS - Weight 5g

KC0018PS - Weight 4g

KC0017PS - Weight 7g

KC100PS - Weight 26g

KC15PS - Weight 5g

Dimensions: W 23 mm x H 24 mm

Dimensions: W 17 mm x H 31 mm

Dimensions: W 7 mm x H 20 mm

Dimensions: W 12 mm x H 21 mm

Dimensions: W 20 mm x H 30 mm

Dimensions: W 21 mm x H 30 mm

Dimensions: W 40 mm x H 40mm

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Dimensions: W 19 mm x H 22 mm

Dimensions: W 4 mm x H 51 mm

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khmer pendants ta prohm face sml

ta prohm face lge

KC0019PS SML - Weight 3g

KC0019PS LGE - Weight 4g

Dimensions: W 12 mm x H 20 mm

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Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver

Dimensions: W 15 mm x H 25 mm

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khmer rings

Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver

crocodile

P hra P hrom Buddha Cut Earlobe lge

Phra Phrom B uddha Cut E arlobe sml

ta prohm face lge

ta prohm face sml

KC0016S - Weight 12g

KC0017S - Weight 13g

KC0018S - Weight 13g

KC0019S - Weight 14g

KC0020S - Weight 8g

H anuman

vishnu LGE

vishnu sml

Indra-de vi lge

Indra-de vI SML

KC0029S - Weight 28g

KC0021S - Weight 11g

KC0022S - Weight 7g

KC0023S - Weight 12g

KC0024S - Weight 7g

Dimensions: W 25 mm x H 12 mm

Dimensions: W 17 mm x H 30 mm

Dimensions: W 18 mm x H 28 mm

Dimensions: W 14 mm x H 22 mm

Dimensions: W 13 mm x H 23 mm

Dimensions: W 16 mm x H 22 mm

Dimensions: W 17 mm x H 30 mm

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Dimensions: W 10 mm x H 15 mm

Dimensions: W 13 mm x H 23 mm

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khmer rings ganesha lge

ganesha sml

Erawan 3 Headed Elephant

KC0027S - Weight 15g

KC0028S - Weight 7g

KC0025S - Weight 20g

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Made in 92.5% Sterling Silver

Dimensions: W 20 mm x H 28 mm

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Khmer Collection T h e

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