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Portrait Jewel of Emperor Jahangir
early 1600s
Location: 242B Indian Painting
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The pearl earring denotes Jahangir’s affiliation with an order of Sufi mystics.Description
The fourth Mughal emperor of India, Jahangir, had tiny portraits of himself made to give as gifts to his friends, family, and nobles of the court as a sign of royal favor. These portraits were mounted and worn as jewels or turban ornaments. The carpet or textile under his hands references the covered rail of a balcony where the emperor addressed the public three times a day to hear complaints or petitions.- ?–1944(Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877–1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1944–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Islamic Art; Selected Examples from the Loan Exhibition of Islamic Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Mentioned and Reproduced: p . 28 archive.orgRice, Yael and Sonja Drimmer. "How Scientists Use and Abuse Portraiture" Hyperallergic, December 11, 2020, https://hyperallergic.com/604897/how-scientists-use-and-abuse-portraiture/ hyperallergic.comRice, Yael. The Brush of Insight: Artists and Agency at the Mughal Court. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2023. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 116, fig 3.13
- Carpets and Canopies in Mughal India (Indian art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-September 8, 2024).Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).Islamic Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1944.496