Mango-shaped flask

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

MMA_.1993.18

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MMA_.1993.18

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian

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Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

India

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India

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Attributed to India

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Attributed to India

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Mango-shaped flask

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Mango-shaped flask

Title

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Title Type:

Object name

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Object name

Title Type

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View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

mid-17th century

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mid-17th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1634

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1634

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1666

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1666

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Rock crystal set with gold, enamel, rubies, and emeralds

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Rock crystal set with gold, enamel, rubies, and emeralds

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Crystal

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Crystal

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

H. 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm)

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H. 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm)

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1993.18

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1993.18

ID Number

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Credit Line:

Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1993

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Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1993

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

In spite of its modest size, this flask in the shape of a mango, adorned with gold, gems, and enameling, eloquently demonstrates the artistic standards and tastes of seventeenth-century Mughal India. Likely to have been created during the reign of Shah Jahan, the emperor who built the famous Taj Mahal, the flask expresses the seventeenth-century Mughal love of natural forms and their high quality of workmanship.

The finely balanced, elegantly drawn, and relatively spacious network of scrolling vines in gold, inset with gemstones, recalls the Mughal debt to Safavid Iran, where similar networks of scrolling vines with palmettes, blossoms, and leaves were in vogue in the sixteenth century.

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<P>In spite of its modest size, this flask in the shape of a mango, adorned with gold, gems, and enameling, eloquently demonstrates the artistic standards and tastes of seventeenth-century Mughal India. Likely to have been created during the reign of Shah Jahan, the emperor who built the famous Taj Mahal, the flask expresses the seventeenth-century Mughal love of natural forms and their high quality of workmanship.</P> <P>The finely balanced, elegantly drawn, and relatively spacious network of scrolling vines in gold, inset with gemstones, recalls the Mughal debt to Safavid Iran, where similar networks of scrolling vines with palmettes, blossoms, and leaves were in vogue in the sixteenth century.</P>

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