Gem-Set Enameled Footed Gold Cup with Bird and Floral Motifs
Date19th century
PeriodMughal
MediumEnameled gold, gemstones
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 x 1 7/16 in. (7.9 x 3.7cm)
ClassificationsMetalwork
Credit LineCourtesy of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Object number44.56.2
DescriptionThis wine/sherbert cup is inset with gemstones and richly adorned with bird and floral motifs in enamel. Indian artists excelled at the art of enamelling, an art practiced by Muslim and Hindu artists alike from Multan and Lahore in present-day Pakistan to Jaipur in northern India. The practice of enameling was first recorded in India in the 1500s during the reign of the second Mughal emperor, Akbar the Great. According to his account, objects such as cups, flagons, and rings were adorned with enamel.On View
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19th - 20th century
16th - 17th century
20th century
