Exhibitions/ Selected Artworks

Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection

At The Met Fifth Avenue
October 28, 2014–January 25, 2015

Exhibition Objects


63 Objects

Dagger (kard) with European Head

Date: ca. 1620–25 (hilt), 1629–36 (blade) Medium: Watered steel blade, inlaid with gold; jade hilt Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.48

Dagger (kard)

Date: 1620–50 Medium: Watered steel blade; jade hilt, inlaid with gold, rubies, and emeralds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.4

Crutch Handle (zafar takiya)

Date: ca. 1650 Medium: Jade, carved and inlaid with diamonds and agate Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.50

Flask

Date: 1650–1700 Medium: Rock crystal, inlaid with gold wire, rubies, and emeralds, with gold collar, stopper, and foot Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.49

Fly Whisk Holder (chauri)

Date: ca. 1700 Medium: Jade, inlaid with gold wire and rubies Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.51

Box (dibbi)

Date: 1740–80 Medium: Jade, inlaid with gold wire, rubies, emeralds, and crystal Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.3.a,b

Pair of Falcon Anklets

Date: ca. 1800 Medium: Jade, inlaid with gold and rubies Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.2.a,b

Base of a Water Pipe (huqqa)

Date: 1740–80 Medium: Jade, inlaid with gold wire, diamonds, rubies, and emeralds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.11

Huqqa Mouthpiece

Date: 1750–1800 Medium: Jade, inlaid with gold, rubies, and emeralds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.12

Huqqa Mouthpiece

Date: ca. 1800 Medium: Jade, inlaid with gold, diamonds, rubies, and emeralds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.31

Punch Dagger (katar)

Date: ca. 1680–1720 Medium: Watered steel blade; gold hilt, inlaid with rubies, emeralds, and diamonds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.59

Locket Pendant

Date: probably 17th century Medium: Gold, inlaid with rubies and emeralds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.1

Finial from the Throne of Tipu Sultan

Date: ca. 1790 Medium: Gold; inlaid with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds; lac core Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.54

Tipu Sultan's Magic Box

Date: 1780–90 Medium: Gold Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.55

Ornament in the Shape of a Makara Head

Date: 1775–1825 Medium: Gold; inlaid with diamonds, rubies, and yellow sapphire Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.53

Pen Case and Inkwell (davat-i daulat)

Date: 16th or 17th century or later Medium: Gold, inlaid with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.7.a,b

Rosewater Sprinkler (gulabpash)

Date: 17th century (base), late 18th century (neck) Medium: Metal, inlaid with rubies, emeralds, and pearls Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.60

Bird-Shaped Ornament or Finial

Date: 1775–1825 Medium: Gold, inlaid with diamonds, rubies, and emerald, with hanging seed pearls; lac core Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.56

Bird-Shaped Pendant

Date: probably 18th century Medium: Gold, inlaid with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, with hanging seed pearls; lac core Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.52

Ritual Spoon (uddharane)

Date: ca. 1800 Medium: Gold, inlaid with diamonds and rubies Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.43

Dagger with a Yali Hilt

Date: ca. 1800 Medium: Steel blade; gold hilt, inlaid with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.6.a,b

Turban Ornament (jigha)

Date: 1675–1750 Medium: Gold, set with spinel, diamonds, rubies, with hanging emerald; enamel on stem and reverse Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.20

Turban Ornament (jigha)

Date: 1675–1725 Medium: Jade, inlaid with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds; with hanging pearl Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.5

Elephant-Shaped Turban Ornament (jigha)

Date: 1775–1825 Medium: Gold, set with rubies, diamonds, emeralds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.10

Turban Ornament (sarpesh)

Date: 1800–50 Medium: Gold, set with diamonds, with hanging spinels of earlier date; enamel on reverse Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.9

Turban Ornament (sarpesh)

Date: ca. 1900 Medium: Gold, set with emeralds and diamonds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.63

Turban Ornament (sarpesh)

Date: 1825–75 Medium: Gold, set with diamonds; enamel on reverse Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.62

Turban Ornament (sarpesh)

Date: 1875–1900 Medium: Gold, set with diamonds, rubies, spinels Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.44

Pair of Anklets

Date: 1800–50 Medium: Gold, set with white sapphires, with attached pearls and hanging glass beads; enamel on reverse Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.35

Anklet (dastband almas)

Date: 1800–50 Medium: Gold, set with diamonds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.19

Pair of Bangles (kada)

Date: ca. 1775–1825 Medium: Gold, set with rubies, diamonds, and pearls; enamel on interior; lac core Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.61

Bracelet

Date: ca. 1800 Medium: Gold; set with rubies and diamonds; enamel on reverse Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.13

Pair of Bracelets

Date: 1800–25 Medium: Gold, set with diamonds, enamel on reverse Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.36

Forehead or Turban Ornament (tika)

Date: ca. 1900 Medium: Gold, set with emeralds and diamonds, with attached pearls; enamel on reverse Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.29

Nose Ring (nath)

Date: 1925–50 Medium: Gold, with diamonds, seed pearls, and rubies Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.40

Nose Ring (nath)

Date: 1925–50 Medium: Gold, with diamonds, seed pearls, and emeralds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.25

Pair of Earrings (pankhiyan)

Date: ca. 1900 Medium: Gold, set with with diamonds, with pearls and glass beads Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.37

Upper-Arm Ornament (bazuband)

Date: 1800–1850 Medium: Gold, set with agate, diamonds, and enamel; enamel on reverse Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.15

Jeweled Buckle and Slide on Silk Sash

Date: ca. 1900 Medium: Buckle and slide: gold set with emeralds, rubies, diamonds; sash: silk embroidered with gold thread Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.32

Ceremonial Sword

Date: 1880–1900 Medium: Steel blade; gold hilt, inlaid with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, with applied silver wire Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.28

Seal Ring with Hidden Key

Date: 1884–1885 Medium: Gold, set with spinel Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.30

Necklace (kanthi)

Date: 1850–75 Medium: Gold, set with diamonds and emerald; enamel Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.18

Necklace (kanthi)

Date: 1850–1900 Medium: Gold; set with emeralds; silver, set with diamonds; with pearls and string Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.23

Plait Ornament (jadanagam)

Date: 1890–1910 Medium: Silver, set with diamonds, rubies, and pearls Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.27

Turban Ornament or Brooch of the Maharaja of Nawanagar

Date: ca. 1920, modified ca. 1925–35 Medium: Platinum, set with sapphire and diamonds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.41

Turban Ornament (jigha) of the Maharaja of Nawanagar

Date: 1907 remodeled 1935 Medium: White gold, set with diamonds, with modern feather plume Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.34

Jeweled Crown

Date: ca. 1900 Medium: Pearls, colored glass, diamonds, emeralds, and rubies, with gold brocade ribs and bird of paradise plumes; interior lined with red cloth Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.16

Aigrette

Paul Iribe (French, Angoulême 1883–1935 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin)

Date: 1910 Medium: Platinum, set with emerald, sapphires, diamonds, and pearls Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.57

Brooch with Carved Emeralds and Sapphires by Cartier

Cartier (French, founded Paris, 1847)

Date: Emerald: 17th century; setting: ca. 1920 Medium: Platinum, set with emeralds and sapphires Accession Number: 2015.54

Brooch

Cartier (French, founded Paris, 1847)

Date: Mounts 1650–1750; Brooch made by Cartier ca. 1930 Medium: Jade, inlaid with rubies, emeralds, and diamonds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.33

Belt Brooch

Cartier (French, founded Paris, 1847)

Date: ca. 1920–30 Medium: Platinum, set with emeralds, sapphires, and diamonds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.45

Shoulder Brooch

Cartier (French, founded Paris, 1847)

Date: 1924; pendant tassel re-created from original records by Cartier workshops, Paris, 2012 Medium: Brooch: platinum, set with emeralds, rubies, diamonds, enamel, and gold; tassel: pearls and onyx beads Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.46

Taj Mahal Emerald

Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.8

Medium: Emerald Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.8

Brooch with Carved Emeralds and Diamonds by Cartier

Cartier (French, founded Paris, 1847)

Date: 1925, modified by Cartier in 1927 Medium: Platinum, set with emeralds, diamonds, and enamel Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.14

The Patiala Ruby Choker

Cartier (French, founded Paris, 1847)

Date: 1931; restored and restrung to the original design by Cartier Tradition, Geneva, 2012 Medium: Rubies, diamonds, and pearls, with platinum mounts Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.42

Turban Ornament and Brooch (sarpesh)

Date: Turban ornament: ca. 1900; clip on reverse made by Cartier Paris, 2012 Medium: Gold and silver, set with emerald, diamonds and hanging pearl Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.24

Turban Ornament or Brooch

Date: ca. 1935 Medium: Platinum, set with rubies and diamonds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.39

Aigrette

Cartier (French, founded Paris, 1847)

Date: 2012 Medium: Platinum, set with emeralds and diamonds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.22

"Star of Golconda" Diamond and Brooch

Cartier (French, founded Paris, 1847)

Date: 2013 Medium: Platinum, set with diamonds Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.47

Jabot or Cliquet Brooch

JAR

Date: 2013 Medium: Silver and gold, set with emeralds, diamonds, pearls, and rubies Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.58

Brooch

JAR

Date: 2002 Medium: Gold, set with emerald, diamonds, rubies, rock crystal, and white agate Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.26

Pendant Brooch

Bhagat

Date: 2011 Medium: Platinum, set with diamonds and rubies, with diamond and ruby beads Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.21

Pair of Bangles (kada) by Bhagat

Bhagat

Date: 2012 Medium: Platinum, set with diamonds and pearls Accession Number: SL.13.2014.1.38