Bejewelled sword from Hyderabad. Photos: Victoria and Albert Museum
Visitors to London’s V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) will be treated to an Aladdin’s cave of jewels going back to the Indian Mughal era that gave us the Koh-i-Noor diamond and the glorious Taj Mahal.
The Bejewelled Treasures exhibition brings 100 objects from the Timur Ruby to a 70.21-carat Golconda diamond, from jewel-encrusted swords to turban ornaments.
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