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The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence
This major exhibition celebrates the extraordinary creative output and internationalist culture of the Golden Age of the Mughal Court (about 1560 – 1660) during the reigns of its most famous emperors: Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan.
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence is supported by the Huo Family Foundation, The Al Thani Collection Foundation and the Blavatnik Family Foundation
Exhibition highlights
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Bejewelled dagger and scabbard, about 1620 -
Painting, portrait of a European, 1556 – 1605, Mughal -
The Giant Zumurrud Shah flees with his army by flying away on urns sent by sorcerers, folio from the Hamza-Nama, about 1562 – 77 -
Emerald pendant bead, 17th century -
Wine cup made for the Emperor Shah Jahan, 1657, Mughal court workshops, white nephrite jade -
Ceremonial spoon, about 1600, Mughal empire, set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds -
Ewer, early 17th century, Gujarat, India, mother-of-pearl with metal pins -
Painting, a zebra, by Mansur, 1621, Mughal court -
Man's hunting coat, about 1610 – 30, India, embroidered satin with silk -
Portrait of Shah Jahan holding an emerald, by Muhammad 'Abed, borders by Harif, about 1628, Agra, India -
Pendant, about 1610 – 20, Mughal court workshops, nephrite jade set with rubies and emeralds in gold -
Inscribed royal spinel featuring the names of six rulers, engraved by Sa'ida, mid-15th – mid-18th century -
Tankard (mashrabeh) of Ulugh Beg, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with handle probably added in the Mughal court workshops. First inscribed to Ulugh Beg (r. 1417 – 49). Nephrite jade with enamelled gold pins
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The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence
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CC BY – 4.0. Chester Beatty, Dublin