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Anklet


This pair of gold anklets have a bold simplicity of design, formed of sparsely ornamented curved hexagonal tubes.

Object details

Categories
Jewellery
India Museum
Object type
Anklet
Materials and techniques
gold
Gold
Brief description
hexagonal tubes; Jewellery, gold diamonds, Madras
Physical description
This pair of gold anklets have a bold simplicity of design, formed of sparsely ornamented curved hexagonal tubes.
Dimensions
  • Length: 107mm
  • Width: 82mm
  • Thickness: 10mm (Note: approx.)
Bibliographic references
  • 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. 132 and 133
  • 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.98
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
03481:1/(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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