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When gold blossoms : Indian jewelry from the Susan L. Beningson collection

Title
When gold blossoms : Indian jewelry from the Susan L. Beningson collection / Molly Emma Aitken.
Author
Aitken, Molly Emma.
Publication
[England?] : Asia Society ; London : Philip Wilson Publishers ; N[ew] Y[ork] : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

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Additional Authors
Asia Society. Museum.
Description
142 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
Summary
"Drawing on a private New York collection, the book presents around 150 pieces of Indian jewelry, most of it gold, and much of it jeweled. The focus of the collection is jewelry from the south of India, particularly women's jewelry and the jewelry of the gods. The objects are presented within their social contexts - nineteenth- and early twentieth-century photographs show how types of objects were worn or used and by whom - and verses from poetry and the epics will suggest the rich semantic life of these jewels in Indian society."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
Note
  • Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Asia Society Museum, Sept. 14, 2004-Jan. 23, 2005.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-142).
Contents
President's statement / Vishakha N. Desai -- When gold blossoms : Indian experiences of jewelry / Molly Emma Aitken -- Catalogue.
ISBN
  • 0878480978
  • 9780878480975
  • 0856675997
  • 9780856675997
LCCN
2004104906
OCLC
  • ocm56639956
  • 56639956
  • SCSB-1360165
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library