This variety is well documented in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, a group of 28,000 objects including jewellery and armoury, sculptures, textiles and miniature painting. The collection is the largest of eight that make up the Khalili Collections, some 35,000 works accrued over five decades by Nasser Khalili, a British-Iranian scholar and philanthropist. These include collections of objects associated with the cities of Mecca and Medina, Aramaic documents, Japanese Meiji art and kimonos, and Swedish textiles. Some 1,000 works and counting are now freely accessible on the Khalili Collections website as part of the recently launched ‘Masterpieces of the World’ initiative. It is these pages that are held in the Khalili Collection.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 11, 2019 16:41 UTC