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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherThames & Hudson
ISBN-100500976082
ISBN-139780500976081
eBay Product ID (ePID)1819762
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
TopicArt, Antiques & Collectibles, History, Jewelry, General, Asia / India & South Asia, Asian / Indian & South Asian
AuthorManuel Keene
IllustratorYes
Dimensions
Item Length10.9 In.
Item Height0.5 In.
Item Width8.6 In.
Item Weight26.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN00-108913
Book TitleTreasury of the World : Jeweled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals
Series Volume Number0
Dewey Decimal739.27/095/074
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisJewelry as an art form in Mughal India has probably never been surpassed by any other civilization in the history of the world. This full-color presentation of its fabulously varied achievements, with over 300 specially taken photographs, accompanies the major international exhibition of the same title. The pieces range from rings, necklaces, and other body ornaments to astonishingly detailed jeweled work on objects as diverse as boxes, flasks, bowls, and daggers. They are presented and analyzed here in themes ranging from creative variations in stone settings, precious-metal inlay in hardstones, and minutely detailed relief decoration in hammered metals to engraved gold-backed jewels, enameling, gold-embellished steel, relief-carved ornament, and inscribed royal gemstones. The result is a visual feast of almost unbelievable richness, gathered together in this book for the first time., Jewelry as an art form in Mughal India has probably never been surpassed by any other civilization in the history of the world.