NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY

Details

A CARNELIAN ARCHER’S RING
NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY
Of typical form
¾ in. (2.1 cm.) high; 1 3/8 ins. (3.4 cm.) wide; 1 5/8 ins. (4.3 cm.) deep

Literature

Jaffer 2013, p.126, no.51

Exhibited

Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p.106, no.78
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p.132, no.82
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p.157, no. 86

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Lot Essay

Archer’s rings made of precious and semi-precious stones are well documented in Mughal India. In the Windsor Padshanameh dating from the first half of the 17th century, for example, Jahangir can be seen with a pair of archer’s rings suspended from his belt, one of which is colored cream and orange and could easily be made of similar stone (see, Beach, Koch and Thackston, 1997, pp.36-37, figs.8-9).

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