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I think the inclusion of the beads of various colours, as well as that beautiful central pendant make this piece look very attractive. And the 'eye' bead in the heart-shaped bead certainly catches the attention. I am intrigued ... was the objective of the visits to Bursa to collect objects for the collection? I've heard that Bursa is well known as a centre for jewellery.
@ Thelma: Thanks for your kind comment, Thelma. Since Bursa had a flourishing market for 'folkloric' (= ethnographic) items, we visited the city a lot, in order to buy old/authentic costumes, both for our collection and for our folkdance group. That included jewelry, but not exclusively. Between 1990 and 2002, we had 15 'buying sessions' in Bursa, what resulted in a total of some 900 kg (could even be more) of material that we brought over to Belgium. The main part of that is (of course) not jewelry.
I don't know what the situation is nowadays (our last 'buying tour' was in 2003), but if I had to point out the best places in Turkey to find old and affordable jewelry in 'our' time, I would say: 1) Bursa - 2) Konya - 3) Ankara - 4) Istanbul (in that order, looking to the price/quality aspect). The largest supply is/was to be found in Istanbul, but the jewelry was generally more expensive there.
With kind regards, JM.