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Jewellery

1630-1640 (made)

This sardonyx cameo depicts Shah Jahan at about forty five years old. It was believed to have been made by a resident European lapidary, who modeled it after a painted miniature portrait of the shah.

Object details

Categories
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Jewellery
Materials and techniques
carved sardonyx
Brief description
Gold setting for a cameo portrait of Shah Jahan; Jewellery, gold, Mughal, 1630-40
Physical description
This sardonyx cameo depicts Shah Jahan at about forty five years old. It was believed to have been made by a resident European lapidary, who modeled it after a painted miniature portrait of the shah.
Dimensions
    Bibliographic references
    • Traditional jewelry of India / Oppi Untracht. London: Thames and Hudson Limited London, 1997 Number: 0500017808 p. 375, pl. no. 814
    • The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982 Number: ISBN 0 906969 26 3 p. 122, cat. no. 376, Robert Skelton
    Collection
    South & South East Asia Collection
    Accession number
    IS.14A-1974

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    Record createdJune 25, 2009
    Record URL
    https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O448122/jewellery/
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