Wine Cup
c. 1630-50 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
This wine cup made of almost flawless rock crystal must have been made in the Mughal court workshops in the mid to late 17th century. It was formerly in the collection of the renowned collector of Mughal hardstones, Colonel Charles Seton Guthrie, and sold at auction after his death in 1875. It was bought by Arthur Wells of Nottingham who bequeathed it to the museum in 1882.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Rock crystal carved |
| Brief description | Wine cup, rock crystal. Mughal,c. 1630-50 |
| Physical description | Lobed cup of rock crystal, the crystal of very pure quality with few imperfections. |
| Dimensions |
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| Gallery label | CUP: Rock crystal carved. Mughal(Nehru Gallery 2001) |
| Credit line | Wells Bequest |
| Object history | Bought by Arthur Wells of Nottingham from the Guthrie sale in 1875. Bequeathed to the museum in 1882. |
| Summary | This wine cup made of almost flawless rock crystal must have been made in the Mughal court workshops in the mid to late 17th century. It was formerly in the collection of the renowned collector of Mughal hardstones, Colonel Charles Seton Guthrie, and sold at auction after his death in 1875. It was bought by Arthur Wells of Nottingham who bequeathed it to the museum in 1882. |
| Bibliographic reference | The art of India and Pakistan, a commemorative catalogue of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1947-8. Edited by Sir Leigh Ashton. London: Faber and Faber, [1950]
p. 232, cat. no. 1227
Susan Stronge, ‘The Lapidary Arts in the Mughal Empire’, in Roda Ahluwalia, ed. Reflections on Mughal Art & Culture, Niyogi Books/The K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 2021, pp. 182-207. See Fig. 7, p. 192. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1664-1882 |
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| Record created | June 12, 2008 |
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