From the great Mughals to the Maharajas
Subtitle: jewels from the Al Thani collection
By: edited by Amin Jaffer, Amina Taha-Hussein Okada
Contributors: Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France)
Publisher: Réunion des Musées Nationaux--Grand Palais
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9782711863723
Subjects: Exhibitions; Art collections; Jewelry; Mogul Empire Art; Private collections; Art objects
Other titles: From the great Mughals to the Maharajas :; Jewels from the Al Thani collection
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition of the same name held at the Salon d'Honneur, Grand Palais, Paris, March 29 - June 5, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-390) and index.
Table of contents: title: A jewelled quest / Amin Jaffer; title: "The treasury of the world" : the gems and jewels of the great mughals / Amina Taha-Hussein Okada; title: Jade and hardstones in the time of the great mughals : memory, pomp and power / Sophie Makariou; title: Objects in gold and enamel / Michael Spink; title: Tropes of kingship / Pramod Kumar KG; title: India, Cartier and grand European jewellers : a love affair between extravagance and simplicity / Laure Dalon & Laurent Salomé; title: Contemporary jewellery : Indian inspiration / Vivienne Becker; title: The inscriptions / Francis Richard.