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The ancient form probably derives from arrowhead-shaped pendants which were believed to confer protection on the wearer. This example has very intricate details and the eyes of the birds are tiny emeralds set in gold. It is made with the 'kundan' technique of setting precious stones into jade and other materials with tiny strips of extremely highly refined gold. The back of the pendant is inscribed with a verse from the Koran. The very high quality of the gemstones and craftsmanship suggest that it was made within the Mughal court workshops, and the style of the palmettes date it to the early 17th century. It was conceivably made for the emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627) as the design includes a pair of hoopoes, the birds associated with Solomon (Suleyman), with whom the Mughal emperors were often compared in eulogistic poems or in architectural inscriptions..","physicalDescription":"Pendant of white nephrite jade set with rubies and emeralds in gold, and with a pendent emerald bead. The top edge has been bored to accommodate the thread or chain. The pendant is inscribed on the back with a Koranic verse. The precious stones are set into a scrolling design with a large central palmette, with a hoopoe on either side of it, a bird in flight above, and a bird seemingly on firm ground below.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"ruby","id":"AAT11082"},{"text":"emerald","id":"AAT11074"},{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"},{"text":"nephrite jade","id":"THES286904"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"White nephrite jade, set with rubies and emeralds in gold using the kundan technique.","categories":[{"text":"Jewellery","id":"THES48930"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Gemstones","id":"THES270329"},{"text":"India Museum","id":"THES286062"}],"styles":[{"text":"Mughal","id":"AAT18939"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2024NW8756","2024NW8757","2024NW8755","2006AY1341","2006AV7025"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"SHLN","id":"THES49063"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Pendant","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Agra","id":"x30318"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca.1610-20","earliest":"1605-01-01","latest":"1620-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"5.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"excluding pendent emerald","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"5.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"7.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"0.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"(emerald 0.7)","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"From the collection of Col. Charles Seton Guthrie and bought by the Indian Museum in Leadenhall Street, London, in 1868. Transferred in 1879 from the India Museum to the collections of the South Kensington Museum, which later became the Victoria & Albert Museum.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Jewelled jade pendant, Mughal court, c. 1610-20","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Susan Stronge, Nima Smith, and J.C. Harle. <u>A Golden Treasury : Jewellery from the Indian Subcontinent</u> London : Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, 1988. ISBN: 0944142168","id":"AUTH325355"},"details":"p.68","free":"\r\n"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"A.S. Melikian-Chirvani, \"The Jewelled Objects of Hindustan\", Jewellery Studies, vol. 10, London, 2004, pp. 9-32: illus. fig. 13 , p. 21 and see especially pp. 23-24."},{"reference":{"text":"Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection London: V&A Publishing, 2008 Number: ISBN 9781851774838","id":"AUTH341795"},"details":"p. 25, pl. 1.18","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"The Jewels of India: Marg, 1995 Number: ISBN 81-85026-30-0","id":"AUTH353485"},"details":"p. 103, cat. no. 3, Susan Stronge","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Susan Stronge, \"Colonel Guthrie's Collection. Jades of the Mughal Era\", Oriental Art, Winter 1993/94, vol. XXXIX, no. 4, fig.5, p. 7"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"For information on the ta'viz form, see:\r\nUNTRACHT, Oppi, Traditional Jewelry of India, Thames and Hudson, London, 1997, pp.102-105\r\n\r\nEkaterina Schcherbina, ed., India: Jewels That Enchanted the World. Moscow Kremlin Museums, 2014, cat. 69, p. 152\r\n\r\nRogers, Emma: Arts of Asia, vol. 45, no. 5, September - October 2015,   \"The Parasol Foundation Trust Programme: digitising and cataloguing the V&A's South Asian collection.\",  p. 110, pl. 36.\r\n\r\nFor the dating and analysis of the design, see A.S. Melikian-Chirvani, \"The Jewelled Objects of Hindustan\", in Beatriz Chadour-Sampson and Nigel Israel, eds, Jewelled Arts of Mughal India. Jewellery Studies Volume 10, 2004, pp. 23-24.\r\n\r\nSusan Stronge, ‘The Lapidary Arts in the Mughal Empire’, in Roda Ahluwalia, ed. Reflections on Mughal Art & Culture, Niyogi Books/The K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 2021, pp. 182-207. 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