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Small Bottle
Small Bottle
LNS 959 J
Fabricated from gold
Height including cap 46mm; width 40 mm; thickness 17 mm
Probably northern India, c. 1st third 17th century AD
Photography by Bruce M. White

Varieties in Stone Settings

The jeweled objects in this section were selected for their gem settings, detailed images of which are illustrated in the exhibition. The pieces vary in scale, material, and function yet are related based on similar technical and artistic details.

The complete artistic freedom enjoyed by the Indian jeweler resulted largely from the exclusively Indian development and use of the kundan technique. In this technique, hyper-refined pure gold in the form of foil is made to fuse together at room temperature using only hand-tool pressure to form gold elements that, for all practical purposes, are solid. This technique works extremely well.

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