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Plate with Nandi in Center

c. 1800

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur

Medium
cloisonné enamel on gold
Measurements
Diameter: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.352
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Location
242B Indian Painting
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A peacock and peahen inhabit the upper right corner.

Description

Petal-shaped canopies filled with floral designs and birds encircle an image of Nandi, the white bull mount of the Hindu destroyer god Shiva. Together they form a lotus flower. The birds are individualized species, showing the care of the metalworker to depict nature in all its variety and splendor. The fowl include peacocks, parakeets, bluebirds, and possibly even Indian rollers. To make the birds’ wings and the details on Nandi, the artist used thin gold wire to create cells, called cloisons, that could then be filled with colored glass. Some of the red glass has been lost on the outer rim of the plate.
Circular plate with cloisonné, gold wire outlining shapes filled with colored glass, predominantly a dark red background detailed with green. An overarching outline of a flower contains a white bull in a circle in the center out from which branches two layers of petals, each inner petal representing one bird from various bird types, and outer petals two, with floral designs filling in around the birds. Three circles of repeated patterns rim the plate.

Plate with Nandi in Center

c. 1800

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur

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