Shahjahan’s wine cup to Aurangzeb’s sword: a look at bejewelled objects in Indian museums
Emerald wine cup from 17th Century CE that belonged to Mughal emporer Shahjahan | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI A 1628 emerald wine cup lined with gold and studded with rubies, from which Mughal emperor Shahjahan drank out of, now sits in Kolkata’s Indian Museum. The priceless bejeweled cup has a story that not many know […]
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