Metalwork of Mughal India reading list
Chandra, M. A Brass Jewel Casket of Akbar-Jehangir Period, Roopa Lekha, vol. II,
no. 3, 1940, pp. 9-13
Chandra, P. Two Early Mughal Metal Cups, Bulletin of the Prince of Wales Museum,
no. 5, Bombay, 1955-57, pp. 57-60
Hendley, T.H. Damascening on Steel or Iron, as Practised in India, London, 1892
Ivanov, A et al. Oriental Jewellery; From the Collection of the Special Treasury, the State Hermitage Oriental Department, Moscow, 1984
Lal, K. National Museum Collection. Bidri Ware, New Delhi, 1990
Melikian-Chirvani, A.S. Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World 8-18th Centuries, (Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue), London, 1982, cats. 164-167b, pp. 348-355
Melikian-Chirvani, A.S. Studies in Hindustani Metalwork: on Some Sultanate Stirrups, in Adle, C. (ed.), Art et societé dans le monde Iranien, Paris, 1982
Melikian-Chirvani, A.S. Islamic Metalwork as a Source on Cultural History. Section II. The Making of Islamic Culture in India: The Evidence of Metalwork, Arts and the Islamic World, vol. I, no. 1, 1982-3, pp. 36-44, 78-80
Mittal, J. Indo-Islamic Metal and Glassware, in The Heritage of Islamic Art in India, ed. K. Khandalavala, Marg Publications, Bombay, 1983, pp. 60-71
Stronge, S. Bidri Ware: Inlaid Metalwork from India, London 1985
Stronge, S. Gold and Silver in 16th and 17th Century Mughal India, in Nuno Vassallo e Silva (ed.), The Heritage of
Rauluchantim, Museu de São Roque, Lisboa, 1996, pp.62-81
(Terlinden, C.) Mughal Silver Magnificence (XVI-XIX C.), Antalga (Bruxelles), 1987
Ujfalvy, CH.-E. De Les Cuivres Anciens du Cachemire, Paris, 1883
Zebrowski, Mark, Bidri: Metalware from the Islamic Courts of India, Art East, no. 1,
1982, pp. 26-9
Zebrowski, Mark, Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, Alexandra Press, London, 1997
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