When Gold Blossoms: Jewelry for Gods and Goddesses, The Susan Beningson Collection
Edited by Molly E. Aitken
Ornamental forms in India are echoed from the walls of temples to the jewelry that drapes bodies to the surfaces of the jewelry itself. Drawing on a private New York collection, the book presents around 100 pieces of Indian jewelry, most of it gold, and much of it jeweled. The focus of the collection is jewelry from the south of India, particularly women?s jewelry and the jewelry of the gods. The objects are presented within their social context-nineteenth- and early twentieth ? century photographs show how types of objects were worn or used and by whom ? and verses from poetry and the epics will suggest the rich semantic life of these jewels in Indian society.

The book is published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Asia Society, New York (14 September 2004 ? 10 December 2005).

Price: Bht 2,195.00