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Aurangzeb
Gold. Enamel. Silver. 4,909 diamond roses. 164 emeralds. 160 rubies.
16 pearls. 2 cameos. 1 sapphire. But...alas...no partridge in a pear
tree. These listed above are the materials that went into the making
of cabinet piece entitled the "Household"...created in the early 1700's
for Aurangzeb...great Mogul of India.
Well...great may not be the right word. Fact of it all is that Aurangzeb
deposed his father--creator of the great city of Delhi--and then
subsequently and methodically allowed his empire to enter into a phase
of decline. Moral here folks is this: Be careful when allowing your
children into the family business--especially if you're in the Empire
business--because it often happens that the kids will screw things up
and before you know it...all your hard work goes down the drain and the
Empire is gone.
The creators of this incredible work of art that you will all soon see
are Johann Melchior Dinglinger--royal jeweler out of Dresden and brothers
Georg Christoph and Georg Friedrich. This was the first major masterpiece
of baroque jewelry in German art. It measures 8,58 x 142 x 114 cm.
Our cabinet piece stands at the forefront of creative art on two levels.
First...though not necessarily foremost...is the very beauty of the thing.
It is complex...filled with vases and figurines and many of the
accouterments representative of the royal household of the day. It is
exact in detail...which brings us to level two.
While Aurangzeb was an ineffectual mogul...Dinglinger was an extremely
learned jeweler. Dinglinger did not create a simple masterpiece for the
sake of beauty alone. Nay nay dear reader. Dinglinger brought education
into this piece. It is filled with encyclopedic knowledge...for Dinglinger
--doesn't his name remind you all of a gun fighter--for Dinglinger studied
long and hard all the available literature on India available at the time.
And he used that knowledge to create this accurate representational piece.
Okay. I know this is all a little dry. And I know you would all like me
to finish this so you can go look at the piece. So what can I say. Go.
Look. Enjoy. And I'll catch you all on the next issue with another
graphic and another Tidbit on jewelry...or at least something close to
it. The graphic is rather huge--94k--you will need to be patient loading it.
So now...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 table menu till you get to the box that says Tidbits...and inside
the box where it says Tidbit Graphics...click on the link that says:
Household...where you will see a rendering of the cabinet piece.