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a contract
(عقد)

Title	a contract
Title Original	عقد
Publication Date:	Beginning of the fourteenth century / late nineteenth century or beginning of the twentieth century
Publication Place	- Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Subject	Enamelled gold, rubies, diamonds, emeralds, rope
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الجزء المتدلي : 13.3 × 12.1 سمالأبعاد الكلية (من نهاية الجزء المتدلي إلى نهاية الشرابات) : 47.6 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	57.67
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus22;37;ar
Library Location	Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Date	Beginning of the fourteenth century / late nineteenth century or beginning of the twentieth century
Notes	The top of this pendant from South India depicts two stylized peacocks facing a central rosette. The middle flower has seven diamond-encrusted petals with diamonds surrounding the central emerald. The back of the ornament is plain gold (not covered with enamel) and includes many markings, perhaps those of the previous owner. The rubies came from Myanmar (Burma), which was a known source of rubies arriving in Europe since the late fifteenth century.
Sample Text	“A decade” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;37;ar

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a contract

(عقد)

Publication Date Beginning of the fourteenth century / late nineteenth century or beginning of the twentieth century

Publication Place - Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Subject Enamelled gold, rubies, diamonds, emeralds, rope

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الجزء المتدلي : 13.3 × 12.1 سمالأبعاد الكلية (من نهاية الجزء المتدلي إلى نهاية الشرابات) : 47.6 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 57.67

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus22;37;ar

Library Location Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Date Beginning of the fourteenth century / late nineteenth century or beginning of the twentieth century

Notes The top of this pendant from South India depicts two stylized peacocks facing a central rosette. The middle flower has seven diamond-encrusted petals with diamonds surrounding the central emerald. The back of the ornament is plain gold (not covered with enamel) and includes many markings, perhaps those of the previous owner. The rubies came from Myanmar (Burma), which was a known source of rubies arriving in Europe since the late fifteenth century.

Sample Text “A decade” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;37;ar