[Jewelry making - Article 00032] - [Orchid] [Tidbits] A Mughal's Emerald

[Benjamin Mark]

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    It's hexagonal. It weighs a whopping 167.09 carats. And the front is
    carved in low relief with a flowering plant design. The other side...
    which is not shown... has a flowerhead motif. The sides are decorated
    with foliage. It's value--about 15 years ago-- was roughly $200,000.
    Today... who knows? 

    There was only a small number of these large carved emeralds--to the
    best knowledge available at the time--to have been made under the
    patronage of the Mughal Emperors in India at the height of their
    power an importance. The outline of this stone derives from the six
    sided emerald crystal from which it was originally carved. 

    This stone is distinguished... not only for it's size... but also
    for its even green hue. It has less flaws and inclusions than are
    normally seen in larger emeralds. 

    As for the stylized floral designs... well... they are typically
    Mughal. It is thought that this type of carving was introduced by the
    Emperor Jahangir after having visited Kashmir in 1620. 

    There are times when I have a great more I could add but I hold back
    in order to keep Tidbits short and sweet. I'm not crazy about heavy-
    handed pedantics. Then there are times--like today--when I simply
    have nothing more to say. This is due to an arcane attraction to
    ignorance which resides deep within my warped soul. That--of
    course--plus the fact that the stupid periodical from which I gleaned
    this article was amazingly sparse. You can call consider this last
    paragraph as filler. 

    For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
    direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
    scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
    Current Tidbits... and then click on it in order to view a carved
    emerald that was created during the Mughal dynasties.

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark
http://www.tyler-adam.com
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