in my original reply to Stephen on 29th Jan 2016 i had not noticed that our own address was not on the cc list sorry so here is my msg as sent to Stephen then... I quote " Stephen Its a stylized Lotus Not very accurate is it?
Yet the three lower leaves are more or less commonly seen in the Rangoli arts where a lotus is depicted every morning outside of homes or on special occasions. Though the upper part of the flower only shows the central part of the rangoli motif, i imagine its abbreviated in a piece of jewelry. Also the central upper part seems to be conveying the mangal ghat... usually a sacred vessel of that shape. But since its a piece of jewelry i guess its just a lotus, in its stylized form. the leaves leave a lot to be desired in the accuracy rating too... but that's the artist's prerogative to create a pleasing motif. You'll see such examples of stylized flowers a plenty in most of the inlays too Taj mahal i mean. *Since you are the curator*, I would be very interested to know how you catalogue this piece ultimately . Even if for your museum's internal records. usha di" end quote On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 5:26 AM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Smita > Its a lotus > usha di > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Smita Raskar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It is just a design of leaves >> Gold smith has nothing to do about botany >> I only guessed flower because normally symbolic lotus flower is used in >> jewellery design >> It is believed that Goddess Saraswati likes lotuses so it used in design >> Regards >> >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Shrikant Ingalhalikar < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Stephen, >>> This shows a climber with pinnate leaves and a flower with 5 petals in 2 >>> series. Please show the full image besides a close up to be able to guess >>> the plant. Regards >>> >>> On Wednesday, 27 January 2016 10:19:44 UTC+5:30, Stephen Markel wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear group, >>>> >>>> Can anyone help I.D. what flower is depicted in the attached image >>>> detail from an enamelled pendant from Jaipur, India? >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> >>>> *Stephen Markel, Ph.D.* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Senior Research Curator >>>> >>>> South and Southeast Asian Art >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Los Angeles County Museum of Art >>>> >>>> 5905 Wilshire Blvd. >>>> >>>> Los Angeles, CA 90036-4504 USA >>>> >>>> *www.lacma.org <http://www.lacma.org/>* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> T 323 857-6091 | F 323 932-5832 >>>> >>>> E *[email protected]* >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Smita Raskar >> 308 Disha Residency, >> Salaiwada,Sawantwadi >> Mob.09422379568 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
