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PERSIAN ART TREASURES BROUGHT TO LONDON Rare and beautiful British Official Wireless RUGBY, Monday. !n preparation for an exhibition of wsian art treasures to be opened in fllngton House, London, in January, cases of exhibits were despatched . Persian Government last week * four airplanes from Teheran, and S 1 k® brought to London in a British 'Muei. Maty of the treasures are beyond II ®’ great beauty and historic 'nmY They include a circular silk ifS?®* the golden mosque at which is of fabulous value; if J • er car Pets, centuries old, and I;uttS. U Site wor kmanship and design; kino US exam Pl es of jewel-encrusted an<l clothing and precious orttss. 3 ’ kiclbdibg silver vessels once U, h y Haroun al Rashid, the IB of the “Arabian Nights.” I«n,„? lection or Persian manuscripts, «umng several of the Koran, and h , Da of porcelain and brocade, “t® being sent. These are hardly aluable and interesting.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1079, 17 September 1930, Page 9
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