Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals (9780500976081)
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.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson (06/17/2001)
Paperback: 160 pages
ISBN-10: 0500976082
ISBN-13: 9780500976081
Item Weight: 1.68lbs
Dimensions: 10.88h x 8.66w x 0.49d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2001 pg. 94
Choice 12/01/2001 pg. 673
About the Author
Keene, Manuel: - Manuel Keene is the curator of the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait, one of the most important focuses for the study of the Islamic arts in the world. His publications include (with Marilyn Jenkins) Islamic Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Kaoukji, Salam: - Salam Kaoukji is curator and collection manager of The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, and an editor of Thames & Hudson's long- running series of the same name. She has contributed to numerous international exhibition publications about India and the jeweled arts, and has coauthored several exhibition catalogs for The al-Sabah Collection, including Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from the al-Sabah Collection in conjunction with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
