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    Adornment and Splendour: Jewels of the Indian Courts

    Adornment and Splendour by Kaoukji, Salam;

    Jewels of the Indian Courts

    Series: The al-Sabah Collection;

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    • Publisher Thames & Hudson
    • Date of Publication 26 October 2023

    • ISBN 9780500978641
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages416 pages
    • Weight 2480 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 405 colour illustrations
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    The definitive catalogue of an unparalleled collection of Indian jewelry and luxury objects made at the height of the Mughal empire and the Deccan sultanates.

    This is the definitive catalogue of an unparalleled collection of Indian jewelry and jewelled luxury objects made at the height of the Mughal empire and Deccan sultanates in the 16th and 17th centuries. The collection, widely regarded as one of the finest in the world, was assembled by Sheikh Nasser and Sheikha Hussa al-Sabah for The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, and reveals the beauty, sophistication and diversity of Indian jewelled arts.

    The Indian subcontinent is naturally rich in gems. From ancient times master jewellers developed a wide array of unique techniques and made it home to the most sophisticated jewels on earth. Exotic birds and animals, flowers, trees and mythological scenes rendered in precious gemstones, gold and enamel demonstrate these artists prodigious imagination and skill. They produced not only an unmatched range of jewelry to adorn the body but also ritual and household items of astonishing refinement and luxury, as well as extravagantly large engraved gemstones to serve as symbols of their princely patrons royal power including a spinel of nearly 250 carats believed to be the legendary Timur Ruby.

    This volume includes not only the finest and most valuable pieces in the collection some familiar to connoisseurs, others published here for the first time but also many previously unknown types that extend our understanding of artistic output in the region. With specially commissioned photography giving unprecedented new views of more than 300 jewelled objects, this is a publication of historic importance and beauty, for all lovers of jewelry, the arts of India and of the Islamic world.

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