"DANCE OF THE PEACOCK – JEWELLERY TRADITIONS OF INDIA" par Usha R. Bala Krishnan, Meera Sushil Kumar & Bharath Ramamrutham. Editions India Book House Limited, Bombay. 2001. Imprimé à Singapour. in-4, couverture cartonnée sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs. 336 pages. Texte en anglais, illustré de 534 reproductions photographiques in-texte et hors texte, principalement en couleurs, par Bharath Ramamrutham.

 

"India, the 'Golden Country', has since time immemorial, lured those in quest of spices, gold and precious gems. The principal trade routes across land and sea in the ancient world all led to India. As a repository of what was once the greatest concentration of mineral wealth on earth, this treasury of the world earned the epithet sone ki chidia or 'bird of gold'. Spanning 5000 years of this glorious legacy, Dance of the Peacock takes an ethnographic approach, weaving factual infornnation with the many fascinating stories recounted by ancient travellers to India. The book pays homage to the aesthetics of the patron and the virtuosity of the cratfsman. Above all, Dance of the Peacock celebrates the human impulse to adorn. Providing a spectacular visual panorama are the over 500 colour plates, cach item of jewellery meticulously photographed to set off its every technical and aesthetic nuance. Accessing collections that have never been documented before the book showcases some of the most outstanding examples of Indian jewellery from all over the world."

 

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