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The Gunpowder Empires

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Overview

The Goa stone (a bezoar made object) in a jewelled gold box; late seventeenth to early eighteenth century, Portuguese India. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. ¹

People and things also explored

Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

Sources

Metropolitan Museum Open Access

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islam.museum contributors. “Goa Stone and Gold Case”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/hajar-koa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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