Toronto's Aga Khan Museum houses treasures from the Fatimid Dynasty
Biconical bead, Egypt or Syria (10th-11th century) Aga Khan Museum, Toronto.
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Article Author: Toronto's Aga Khan Museum houses treasures from the Fatimid Dynasty
Media Source: Harper's Bazaar (UAE)
Date: 12 August 2018
The permanent collection in the first North American museum to house artworks from the Islamic world is a journey through extraordinary treasures, well worth a pilgrimage to its setting in a suburb eight kilometres outside the centre of the city. A recent acquisition of the Aga Khan Museum, founded in 2014 as the first in North…
The permanent collection in the first North American museum to house artworks from the Islamic world is a journey through extraordinary treasures, well worth a pilgrimage to its setting in a suburb eight kilometres outside the centre of the city. A recent acquisition of the Aga Khan Museum, founded in 2014 as the first in North America dedicated to promoting Islamic art and culture, is an intricate mother-of-pearl and black lacquer tray from Gujarat, India, showing nine winged angels, with a reputed $1 million price tag.