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Not currently on display at the V&A

Hair Ornament

ca. 1880 (made)
Place of origin
Pune (made)
Bangalore (made)

Ornament representing the screwpine flower or a jewel,


Object details

Categories
ELISE
Metalwork
Jewellery
Object type
Hair ornament
Materials and techniques
Gold worked in repousse, silver, lac
Brief description
Head ornament, gold worked in repoussé, c.1880; Pune.
Physical description
Ornament representing the screwpine flower or a jewel,
Dimensions
  • Length: 66mm
  • Width: 25mm
  • Thickness: 12mm
Production
IS.1876, 1877 and 1879 all purchased in India for the Museum by Caspar Purdon Clarke in 1880-82.
Subjects depicted
Bird
Snake (Animal)
Lotus
Surya
Vishnu
Bibliographic references
  • Susan Stronge, Nima Smith, and J.C. Harle. A Golden Treasury : Jewellery from the Indian Subcontinent London : Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, 1988. ISBN: 0944142168 p.62
  • Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993. p. 157, cat. no. 143
  • Barnard, Nick, Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection London: V&A Publishing, 2008 ill. p. 28, p. 29
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.1879-1883

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Record createdMarch 28, 2000
Record URL
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