MALAYSIAN KING OPENS JEWELLED ARTS OF INDIA EXHIBITION

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 (Bernama) -- King Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Friday
launched the Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the
Mughals Exhibition at the Islamic Arts Museum here.

Accompanied by Queen Tuanku Nur Zahirah, the King visited a lavish display
of historic jewellery produced by Indian craftsmen in the age of the Mughals,
especially during the 16th to the 18th century.

Some of the most remarkable pieces on view here belonged to a succession of
Mughal emperors, while many other objects were the proud possessions of a
variety of princely patrons.

The objects on display are from the personal collection of Sheikh Nasser
Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and wife, Sheikha Hussah al-Sabah of Kuwait, the most
significant collectors of Indian jewelled arts in the world.

Information Communication and Culture Minister Dr Rais Yatim,
Kuwait Oil and Information Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah and
Islamic Arts Museum director Syed Mohamad Albukhary were present.

-- BERNAMA



Delete & Prev | Delete & Next