Research Catalog

Title

Gems and jewels of Mughal India : jewelled and enamelled objects from the 16th to 20th centuries / by Pedro Moura Carvalho ; with contributions by Henrietta Sharp Cockrell and Stephen Vernoit.

Author

Carvalho, Pedro de Moura

Publication

London : Nour Foundation ; Oakville CT : Distributed in North America by the David Brown Book Co., 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cockrell, Henrietta Sharp
• Vernoit, Stephen
• Muʼassasat Nūr al-Ḥusayn

Description

315 p. : col. ill.; 37 cm.

Summary

The 18th in the series, this fine volume continues the high standard of earlier catalogs, presenting detailed scholarship and outstanding images of the Khalili collection. Published in oversized format (10.5x14.25"), the volume contains color plates of the works described, with many details, as well as images of manuscript paintings that depict the jewellery as it was worn. Each catalog entry includes an essay as well as information on media, size, date, origin, and publication history.

Series Statement

• The Nasser D. Khalili collection of Islamic art ; vol. 18
• Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art ; v. 18.

Subject

• Khalili, Nasser D. > Art collections > Catalogs
• London > Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
• Geschichte 1500-2000
• Jewelry > India > Catalogs
• Enamel and enameling > India > Catalogs
• Islamic enamel and enameling > India > Catalogs
• Art, Mogul Empire > Catalogs
• Jewelry > Private collections > England > London > Catalogs
• Art objects > Private collections > England > London > Catalogs

Genre/Form

Catalogs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-310) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781874780724 (hbk.)
• 1874780722 (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2010537528

OCLC

• 680638764
• SCSB-10079279

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library