Cleveland Museum of Art
Medallion
- Date
- 1800s
- Medium
- silver gilt with rubies and emeralds
- Culture
- India
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Circular ornaments were worn as pendants, sewn onto textiles, or pinned into hair. The decorative motif made of colorful gems depicting flowering plants was introduced during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628–58) and remained popular through the 1800s.
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