Published: Saturday July 31, 2010 MYT 12:16:00 PM
King opens Jewelled Arts of India exhibition
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on Saturday 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 Raja Permaisuri Agong 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 Datuk Seri 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
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