Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
South Asia Gallery, Room 41

Bangle

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bangles of this type, from about 1870, with flat gold squares set at an angle projecting from the hoop, seem to have been very common in south India at this time. They are worn by many of the women depicted in an album of paintings from about 1830, from Thanjavur, which shows castes, occupations, methods of cultivation and procession scenes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold and gilt metal, set with rubies
Brief description
One of a pair of bangles, Madras, India, about 1870
Physical description
Gold and gilt metal set with rubies. Each bangle has a flat gold band, engraved, with two flat square plates arranged on the top lozenge-wise; on each of these plates is a bird, and between the plates rises an expanded flower, set with rubies.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Diameter: 4.5cm
Object history
Purchased from the Annual International Exhibition of 1872
Summary
Bangles of this type, from about 1870, with flat gold squares set at an angle projecting from the hoop, seem to have been very common in south India at this time. They are worn by many of the women depicted in an album of paintings from about 1830, from Thanjavur, which shows castes, occupations, methods of cultivation and procession scenes.
Associated object
1014-1872 (Set)
Bibliographic references
  • Stronge, Susan, Nima Smith and James Harle, A Golden Treasury. Jewellery from the Indian subcontinent, London, 1988, catalogue number 92, p.93 Ekaterina Schcherbina, ed., India: Jewels That Enchanted the World. Moscow Kremlin Museums, 2014, cat. 42, p. 101
  • Barnard, Nick, Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection London: V&A Publishing, 2008 Number: ISBN 9781851774838 p. 94, pl. 4.12
  • Traditional jewelry of India / Oppi Untracht. London: Thames and Hudson Limited London, 1997 Number: 0500017808 p. 252, ill. no. 571
Collection
Accession number
1014A-1872

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2004
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