Finger-ring
BackDescription:
Finger-ring (archer's ring; thumb-ring); carved pale jade; inlaid round the upper edge with rubies in leaf-shaped gold settings; round the sides are two sprays of flowers formed of rubies and emeralds in sunk settings, connected by stems of inlaid gold divering from a larger flower in the middle of the front, formed of the same stones.
Object type: | finger-ring |
Museum number: | AF.2338 |
Culture/period: | Mughal dynasty |
Date: | 17thC-18thC |
Materials: | jade, gold, ruby, emerald |
Technique: | carved, inlaid |
Dimensions: | Diameter: 1.80 cm |
Location: | 39 |
Subjects: | flower |
Acquisition names: | Bequeathed by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks |
Acquisition date: | 1897 |
Curator's comments:
Parallels: P. Moura Carvalho, Gems and Jewels of Mughal India (London 2010) cat. 37-40.
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