Made for Maharajas

• Utgivningsdatum: 2018-09-01
• Mått: 254 x 292 x 36 mm
• Vikt: 2 160 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Roli Books
• Antal sidor: 276
• Förlag: Roli Books Pvt Ltd
• ISBN: 9788174363725

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Dr Amin Jaffer is Senior Curator of The Al Thani Collection. For thirteen years a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum and for ten years International Director of Asian Art at Christie's, Jaffer authored Furniture from British India and Ceylon (V&A, 2001), and Luxury Goods from India (V&A, 2002). Jaffer was co-curator of the V&A's blockbuster 2004 exhibition Encounters: The meeting of Asia and Europe, 1500-1800, which explored the artistic and cultural encounter between Europe and Asia following the discovery of a sea route to India by Vasco da Gama in 1498 and Maharaja: the Splendour of India's Royal Courts, which opened at the V&A in 2009. He has edited Beyond Extravagance: A Royal Collection of Gems and Jewels (2013), co-curated the exhibition From the Great Mughals to the Maharajas: Jewels from The Al Thani Collection at the Grand Palais, Paris (2017) and curated the exhibition Treasures of the Mughals and the Maharajas: The Al Thani Collection at the Doge's Palace, Venice (2017).

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