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Gold & Silver Gilt Bowl, Mughal India browse these categories for related items... Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1837 VR: item # 162936 Please refer to our stock # india1 when inquiring.
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The great grandson of Tamerlane, Babar, who on his mother's side was descended from the famous Genghis Khan, came to India in 1526 at the request of an Indian governor who sought Babar's help in his fight against Ibrahim Lodi, the last head of the Delhi Sultanate. Babar defeated Lodi at Panipat, not far from Delhi, and so came to establish the Mughal Empire in India. The courtly culture of the Mughals flourished for over 300 years; in the mid-1600's, this was perhaps the greatest empire in the world, exhibiting a degree of centralized control rarely matched before. Shah Jahan in particular left behind an extraordinarily rich architectural legacy, which includes the Taj Mahal. However, by the later part of the seventeenth century the empire was beginning to disintegrate. The Mughal Empire survived until 1857, but its rulers were, after 1803, pensioners of the British East India Company.
AGE: Late 17th to early 18th centuries A.D. CONDITION: Excellent. The bowl is a base bronze with remnant gold and silver gilding across the highly ornate surface. DIMENSIONS: About 6" in diameter. |
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