February 03, 2023 05:11 pm | Updated 05:11 pm ISTA 1628 emerald wine cup lined with gold and studded with rubies, from which Mughal emperor Shahjahan drank out of, now sits in Kolkata’s Indian Museum. As a nation, we seem to be familiar with what is displayed in Western museums while being oblivious to some of the priceless objects back home. She starts with a tabernacle cover and a processional banner, both currently at the Museum of Christian Art in Goa. “These are ideas and idioms that have been present in Indian art for many hundreds of years, translated in different mediums,” Deepthi says. At the Hill Palace Museum in Kochi is the crown of the Kochi Maharaja that has 69 emeralds, 95 diamonds and 244 rubies set in gold.

Source: The Hindu February 03, 2023 22:04 UTC