The jewelry Falcon

[h_ta3kees]

Hi,
I am posting here one of the Qatar Islamic Museum collections, The jewelry Falcon build of gold and colord jewelry stons (red, green and blue)

Information Card
Jeweled Falcon
India
c. 1640
Gold with enamel and india rubies, emeralds, diamonds, sapphires and onyx.
Made in the Imperial Mughal workshop and was part of the private jewels od Shah Jahan
Height: 23.4cm
Width: 6.9cm
Diameter: 8.3cm
JE.69.2001
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More of the Collection are on my Flickr. Visit the Qatar Islamic Museum Set.


Regard,

[jack russell]

you've done such a great job of capturing and presenting the detail and painstaking work that went into this piece of art!

[Heaterguy]

The Falcon is such a majestic bird and covered in jewels makes it more so. You have done the work justice with your photo.

[h_ta3kees]

Originally Posted by jack russell

you've done such a great job of capturing and presenting the detail and painstaking work that went into this piece of art!

Originally Posted by Heaterguy

The Falcon is such a majestic bird and covered in jewels makes it more so. You have done the work justice with your photo.

Thanks for the comments, here it is from another angle.. hope you like it.




regard,,