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India: jewels that enchanted the world
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0992840406 (hbk.)
9780992840402 (hbk.)
Title
India : jewels that enchanted the world / [exhibition curator and editor of the catalogue : Ekaterina Shcherbina]
Publisher
London : Indo-Russian Jewellery Foundation, 2014
Physical desc.
427 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 35 cm.
Note
Published in conjuction with the exhibition, India: jewels that enchanted the world, held 11 April-27 July 2014, at the Moscow Kremlin Museums.
CBL illustrations: p. 109 (In 07A.19a); p. [112] (In 07A.10a); p. [114] (In 07B.21).
Bibliography etc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [422]-423) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction / Usha R. Balakrishnan -- Key to the catalogue -- South India. South Indian jewelry traditions (catalogue nos. 1-43) / Usha R. Balakrishnan -- Mughal Empire. The Mughals: conquerors, emperors, connoisseurs (catalogue nos. 44-102) / Usha R. Balakrishnan -- Precious stones in Indian jewelry. Maharatnani: the five great gems (catalogue nos. 103-112) / Usha R. Balakrishnan -- The princely state of Hyderabad in the Deccan. Jewels of Hyderabad (catalogue nos. 113-127) / Usha R. Balakrishnan -- India and Europe: interconnections in jewelry traditions. Jewelry: India and the western imagination, 1550-2000 / Diana Scarisbrick -- India of the Maharajas and the French art of jewelry, 1910s-1930s / Larisa Peshekhonova -- European influences on jewelry in India (catalogue nos. 128-155) -- Indian influences on jewelry in Europe: Cartier (catalogue nos. 156-195); Chaumet (catalogue nos. 196-211); Lacloche Frères (catalogue no. 212); Mauboussin (catalogue nos. 213-215); Mellerio (catalogue no. 216); Van Cleef & Arpels (catalogue nos. 217-241) -- The great jewelers of modern India. The gem palace: the genius of Munnu Kasliwal (catalogue nos. 242-276) / Usha R. Balakrishnan -- Bhagat: perfection in creation (catalogue nos. 277-300) / Usha R. Balakrishnan -- Appendix. Methods of gem cutting and gem setting: a synthesis of inspiration, calculation, and skill / Olga Vecherina.
Subject
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 07A
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 07B
Jewelry -- India -- Exhibitions
Jewelry -- Mogul Empire -- Exhibitions
Gems -- India -- Exhibitions
Gems -- Mogul Empire -- Exhibitions
Jewelry in art -- Exhibitions
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