100 jewelery with top rated jewelry boxes

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September 12, 2017

in 1442, a Persian ambassador was sent to the small kingdom of Calicut in India. Entering the fortified city walls, he noted in his travel diary that “all the aristocrats and ordinary people from these lands, including the bazaar professionals, put gems and gem-encrusted jewels in their ears, on their neck, on their arms, over their hands and on their fingers.”

His account reveals how entrenched the traditions and crafts of jewellery have been in India for centuries, from the sparkling jewels that adorned the thrones and bodies of courtly figures in the 14th century, through to the opulent Mughal empire and up to the contemporary pieces cut in Mumbai’s diamond workshops.

It is these long, rich traditions that led one of the world’s wealthiest men, Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, to start acquiring Indian jewellery five years ago. Now his vast collection, which boasts some of the world’s rarest pieces – from gems that adorned the necks of Mughal kings and maharajas to pieces that sparkled in Cartier displays – is to be displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Gem Treasure will exhibit more than 100 jewelery and priceless gemstones with top rated jewelry box both from, and inspired by, the Indian subcontinent. All but three of the pieces are from the Al Thani collection, which has become one of the most spectacular in the world over the last five years.