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Found this old jewel box in one my cupboards . The patterns and inlays are slowly peeling off but the work is still exquisite.
Took the photo in bright sunlight. on a white background .
The design and pattern on this box is found in many traditional and ancient Indian items.
Eastern Sierra, CA.
“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.”
The Empress Nūr Jahān built I'timād-Ud-Daulah's Tomb, sometimes called the "Baby Tāj", for her father, Mirzā Ghiyās Beg, the Chief Minister of the Emperor Jahāngīr. Located on the left bank of the Yamuna river, the mausoleum is set in a large cruciform garden, criss-crossed by water courses and walkways. The are of the mausoleum itself is about 23 m2 (250 sq ft), and is built on a base that is about 50 m2 (540 sq ft) and about one meter high. On each corner are hexagonal towers, about thirteen meters tall. Small in comparison to many other Mughal-era tombs, it is sometimes described as a jewel box. Its garden layout and use of white marble, pietra dura, inlay designs and latticework presage many elements of the Tāj Mahal.
The walls are white marble from Rajasthan encrusted with semi-precious stone decorations – cornelian, jasper, lapis lazuli, onyx, and topaz in images of cypress trees and wine bottles, or more elaborate decorations like cut fruit or vases containing bouquets. Light penetrates to the interior through delicate jālī screens of intricately carved white marble.
Many of Nūr Jahān's relatives are interred in the mausoleum. The only asymmetrical element of the entire complex are the tombs of her father and mother, which have been set side-by-side, a formation replicated in the Taj Mahal.
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Each of the four front stairwells have a unique inlay...all hand painted by Nita...one of the staff of four dedicated to keeping the magic alive in this wonderful place.
In my previous two images I showed 2 highly skilled Indian artisans from Agra working on different steps in the hand-crafting of Indian marble inlay tables. In this image I show one of their beautiful finished masterpieces. It is amazing how well the the inlay stones fit into the marble table top.
We were told that the same techniques were used to craft the beautiful inlay work on the Taj Mahal (see below).
..... several species of barnacles crowded together on rock and covering a shell, on the beach .....
Out take from "Looking Close on Friday - all white background, August 15th.
This is one of my favorite rings.
Imitation photo-Nadine’s Frankie week 44-when I saw Frankie photo sitting amongst the inlayed leaves, I knew this is what I wanted to replicate. These wooden leaves are a part of my Fall decor each year. Florida has very subtle seasons, and no real leaves to be had. These worked perfectly. And they mimic the inlayed leaves of the original which are not real either! Up on a ladder, the POV gives a bit of a little person feel, but hey, Audrey is a taller dog than Frankie! “Learn character from trees, values from the roots and change from the leaves”