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Treasury of the World Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals

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Autore/i	Manuel Keene, Salam Kaoukji
Editore	Thames and Hudson	Luogo	United Kingdom
Anno	2001	Pagine	160
Dimensioni	22x28 (cm)	Illustrazioni	319 ill. a colori n.t.
Legatura	brossura	Conservazione	usato, segni d'uso alla coperta
Lingua	inglese	Peso	1100 (gr)
ISBN	0500976082	EAN-13	9780500976081

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(In association with The al-Sabah Collection Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait National Museum)

Jewelry as an art form in Mughal India has probably never been surpassed by any other civilization. This presentation includes over 300 specially taken photographs - the great majority illustrating objects never previously published.

The pieces range from rings, necklaces and other body ornaments to astonishingly detailed jewelled work on objects as diverse as boxes, flasks, bowls and daggers. They are presented and analysed in themes that include stone settings, precious metal inlay in hard stones, relief decoration in hammered metals, engraved gold-backed jewels, stones set on a gold floral ground, gold-embellished steel, relief carved ornaments, carved set gems, the varieties of gemstone forms and inscribed royal stones.

The book concludes with a selection of particularly exuberant pieces that combine to create an explosion of jewelled magnificence of incomparable splendour.

Manuel Keene is Curator of the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait. (T-CA)