Gems and Jewels of Mughal India: Jewelled and Enamelled Objects from the 16th to 20th Centuries

by Pedro Moura Carvalho and Henrietta Sharp Cockrell

The nearly 200 Indian jewelled and enamelled luxury objects in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art add significantly to the corpus of Mughal art and to the history of goldsmiths' work and hardstone-carving in the Indian subcontinent. Most other collections of Indian jewelled and enamelled work hold mainly later or post-Mughal pieces but the Khalili Collection includes outstanding objects and personal ornaments from 17th- and early 18th-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1874780722
• ISBN13: 9781874780724
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Khalili Collections
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 7.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 10.6" x 14.6"