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Head Ornaments

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

Head ornament representing the sun, with a lotus motif ( an attribute of the sun god Surya).


Object details

Categories
ELISE
Jewellery
Metalwork
Object type
Hair ornament
TitleHead Ornaments
Materials and techniques
Gold, silver, lac
Brief description
Head ornament, gold worked in reposse, c.1880; Pune.
Physical description
Head ornament representing the sun, with a lotus motif ( an attribute of the sun god Surya).
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 60mm
  • Thickness: 7mm
Production
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
  • Jackson, Anna and Ji Wei (eds.) with Rosemary Crill, Ainsley M. Cameron and Nicholas Barnard, compiled by the Palace Museum, translated by Yuan Hong, Qi Yue and Liu Ran. The Splendour of India' Royal Courts : Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Beijing: the Forbidden City Publishing House, 2013. Text in English and Chinese. ISBN 9787513403917. pps. 120-123
  • Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection London: V&A Publishing, 2008 Number: ISBN 9781851774838 pp.28-9, pl. 1.23
  • 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
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.1877-1883

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Record createdMarch 28, 2000
Record URL
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