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Bidri Ware And Damascene Work

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This book provides a detailed survey of all aspects of this craft, useful notes and references, and a select bibliography. Based on latest researches about this craft, they will add to precise knowledge about bidris. Significantly, all the fifty objects in the Museum are published in color along with detailed notes on them. A map and a number of text figures will further help their study. This book will inspire future scholars of Indian metalware and encourage deeper study of this unique art from the Deccan.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jagdish Mittal

Jagdish Mittal, an artist turned art collector and art-historian, is an erudite scholar and a leading authority on India art. He is the Principal Trustee of the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museums of India Art, Hyderabad, to which he and his wife, Kamla, gifted their unique art collection in 1976. In 1990, he was awarded the padma Shri by the Government of India. His research articles have been published in prestigious publications. His book Andhra Paintings of the Ramayana was published in 1969 by the Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Akademi, Hyderabad.