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L'Inde des princes : la donation Jean et Krishna Riboud

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Constituée par cinquante-quatre objets s'échelonnant du XVIIe au XIXe siècle et illustrant les arts princiers de l'Inde moghole, des sultanats du Deccan et des royaumes râjpouts, et par vingt bijoux provenant de l'Inde du Nord, la donation Jean et Krishnâ Riboud représente un inestimable enrichissement des collections indiennes du musée Guimet. Coupes translucides de jade et de cristal de roche rehaussées de rubis et d'émeraudes, poignées de dague en calcédoine et en jade constellées de pierres précieuses, flasques et poires à poudre en ivoire délicatement sculpté, boîtes à épices et bases de huqqa au décor émaillé, objets de nacre à l'éclat iridescent, bidri incrustés de cuivre ou d'argent, carreaux de terre cuite vernissée ornés d'un décor végétal et somptueux bijoux mêlant aux teintes vives des émaux polychromes l'éclat rutilant des gemmes concourent à une évocation éminemment séduisante de la splendeur raffinée des arts de cour indiens.

Containing fifty four objects covering the 17th through the 19th centuries and illustrating the princely arts of Mughal India, of the Deccani sultanates and of the Rajput kingdoms, as well as twenty jewels from Northern India, the Jean and Krishnâ Riboud donation represents an incredible endowment for the Guimet museum's Indian collections. There are translucent jade and rock crystal cups enriched with rubies and emeralds, chalcedony and jade dagger handles sprinkled with precious stones, flasks and powder horns made from exquisitely carved ivory, spice boxes and huqqa bases with enamelled decorations, artefacts made from shimmering mother of pearl, copper or silver encrusted bidri, varnished terracotta tiles with vegetable decorations, as well as sumptuous jewelry combining the brilliance of gems with the spark le of polychrome enamels ; all these artefacts add up to an amazingly seductive evocation of the sophisticated splendour of the courtly arts in the Indian kingdoms.

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Authors Amina Taha Hussein-Okada, Amina Okada
Publisher RMN-Grand Palais
 
Languages French
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 23.12.2000
 
EAN 9782711841073
ISBN 978-2-7118-4107-3
No. of pages 165
Dimensions 260 mm x 290 mm x 20 mm
Weight 1176 g
Series Trésors du musée Guimet
Trésors du musée Guimet
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history

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