Room 33 | Mughal India 1500-1900 gallery
Discover the paintings and decorative arts of the Mughal period - the most powerful and lasting of the Islamic dynasties in India.
Metalwork, in a wide variety of materials and techniques, was one of the major decorative arts of Mughal India. Initially it followed earlier Islamic models in its forms and ornament, but later more organic and sculptural Indian shapes and decorative schemes became established. Items of daily use in noble or wealthy households, such as water-vessels, hookahs or boxes for pan (betel leaf), became superb works of craftsmanship, sometimes richly inlaid in silver and other metals.
Bidri pandan (EA1993.392)
Brass pandan (EA1993.393)
Bidri hookah base (EA1993.14)
Brass ewer with dragon heads (EA1976.43)
Inscribed stem cup (EA1972.41)
Calligraphic dragon head (EA1994.45)
Oval bezel amulet from a bracelet, inscribed with the Throne verse (EA2009.5)
Brass chambu (EAX.2103)
Dragon-headed flint-striker (EA1997.18)
Dragon-headed flint-striker (EA2007.243)
Peacock-headed flint-striker (EA2007.244)
Flint-striker with elephant and makara, or aquatic monster (EA2007.245)
Wall-bracket with camel head (EA2007.242)
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