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Forehead Ornament

ca. 1870 (made)
Place of origin
Lucknow (made)

Opalised glass bead and wire work forehead ornament. Crescent shaped, coloured glass beads on brass and silver wire.

Object details

Category
Jewellery
Object type
Forehead ornament
Brief description
Forehead ornament, glass beads and brass, c.1870, Avadh, Uttar Pradesh.
Physical description
Opalised glass bead and wire work forehead ornament. Crescent shaped, coloured glass beads on brass and silver wire.
Dimensions
  • Length: 13.5cm
  • Width: 5.5cm
Object history
Purchased from the Annual International Exhibition 1872.
Production
Avadh (Oudh), Uttar Pradesh,
Bibliographic references
  • Barnard, Nick. ‘Indian Jewellery : The V&A Collection’. London : V&A Publishing, 2008. ISBN 9781851774838, p.97, pl.4.13
  • India's fabled city : the art of courtly Lucknow / Stephen Markel with Tushara Bindu Gude ; and contributions by Muzaffar Alam ... [et al.]. Munich ;London: Prestel, Johann Gottlieb, c2010 Number: 9783791350752 (hbk.), 3791350757 (hbk.) cat. no. 193, p. 47
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
1096-1872

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Record createdDecember 1, 2005
Record URL
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