Pair of Armbands (Bazuband)

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Artist Unknown Indian

CultureIndian, Deccan

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Pair of Armbands (Bazuband)

DateLate 18th century

MediumGold, spinels, and diamonds, silk thread

DimensionsOverall (each): 1 3/4 × 6 × 3/4 in. (4.4 × 15.2 × 1.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment

Object number2023.477.1,.2

Non exposé

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceReputed to be from a royal Mughal Collection acquired in Jaipur; purchased by Hiralal Parakh (died 1996) in the 1930s [1]; by heritance to his son, Ajay Kumar Parakh; [Karan Exports, Hong Kong, 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.

[1] Jewelers based in Hong Kong and the US.
Exhibition HistoryIndia: Jewels that Enchanted the World, 12 Apr — 27 Jul 2014 at State Museums of Moscow Kremlin, Moscow
Published References Shcherbina, Ekaterina, Usha R. Bala Krishnan, Gosudarstvennye muzei Moskovskogo Kremli︠a︡, and Indo-Russian Jewellery Foundation, eds. India: Jewels That Enchanted the World. London, United Kingdom: Indo-Russian Jewellery Foundation, 2014. p. 219, cat. 120. Balakrishnan, Usha R., Deepthi Sasidharan, and Navina Najat Haidar. Treasures of the Deccan. Chennai: Graf Media, 2018. volume 1, p. 93-94. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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