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Jointly organised by The Met and the Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM), this special exhibition showcases global jewellery from six continents spanning over 4,000 years, and marks The Met’s debut in the Greater Bay Area. Featuring approximately 200 spectacular treasures alongside select highlights from the HKPM collection, the exhibition explores the enduring relationship between the body and jewellery. These masterpieces display the depth and breadth of the encyclopedic collection of The Met while celebrating the diversity and interconnectedness of global jewellery.
Photo 1 | Necklace | Dreicer & Co. (1868–1927) | New York, about 1905 | Diamonds, natural pearls, platinum | Purchase from the Sansbury-Mills Fund, Stainman Family Foundation Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Buck, Martha J. Fleischman, Jacobsen Foundation, and Bonnie Johnson Sacerdote Foundation Gifts, 2012 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2012.71 | © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photo 2 | Thali (marriage necklace) | India, late 19th century | Gold, black thread | Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 1991 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991.32.3 | © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photo 3 | Necklace (The Jealous Husband) | Alexander Calder (1898–1976) | 1940 | Brass wires | The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2006.32.6 | © The Metropolitan Museum of Art | © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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