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Seller's Description:
VG/VG. Black cloth, black and color illus. DJ. 165 pp. Numerous color plates. Text is in French and English. "In 1990, Mrs. Krishnâ Riboud made a gift to the Guimet museum of 150 textiles from India, China, Japan and Indonesia, which numbered among the most important pieces of her collection. a new donation in February 2000 allowed an exeptional group of Indian art objects and jewels from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries to enter the Guimet museum. Those objects, cmbines with a choice of Indian textiles from the first donation will from now on be displayed in a Jean and Krishnâ Riboud gallery, especially laid out on the first floor of the Guimet museum, in front of the former library's rotunda." (Preface) This catalogue presents the collection of Moghul art of the 14th to 19th centuries, together with Deccan art and others of northern India. Includes objects made of jade, rock crystal, precious stones, ivory, enamelled boxes and bidriware.
