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.
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Mother-of-pearl lobed bowl
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › west India › Gujarat (place of creation)
- Date
- 2nd half of the 16th century
- Associated people
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possibly Mary, Queen of Scots (ruled 1543 - 1567) (recipient)
- Material and technique
- mother-of-pearl sections, riveted to a metal rim
- Dimensions
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9.7 cm (height)
17.6 cm max. (diameter)
at foot 7 cm (diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › shell › pearlshell › mother-of-pearl,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Miss A. R. Walker, 1949.
- Accession no.
- EA1998.1
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Further reading
Penny, Nicholas, Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum: 1540 to the Present Day, 3 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992), no. 382 on p. 177
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 138 on p. 50, illus. p. 50
Location
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First floor | Room 33 | Mughal India
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First floor | Room 33 | Mughal India
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