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Treasures from the Al Thani Collection was an exhibition of artworks from the Al Thani Collection that was held at the Palace Museum in Beijing in 2018. The exhibition featured a diverse selection of artworks from different cultures and time periods. The exhibition featured artworks from antiquity to the early modern period. The exhibition included manuscripts, miniatures, metalwork, textiles, and jewelry. The exhibition included works from different civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Maya, and Cycladic. Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani is a member of the Qatari royal family and a distinguished collector. The first volume of the set documents the exhibition “The Gems and Jewels of India”. It is split into different sections including: The Mughal Treasury; Dynastic Gem and Jewels; Objects of Jade and Rock Crystal; Objects in Gold and Enamel; Regalia and Jewelled Ornaments; Cartier and the Great European Jewellers, and, finally, Contemporary Creations. The second and third volumes both document a second exhibition, held in 2018, entitled “Masterpieces from a Royal Collection”. Volume II focuses on ‘The Ancient World’ and ‘The Wider World’. The former includes Egyptian, Greek and Roman, Mesopotamian and Iranian works as well as Central Asian treasures, whilst the latter has objects from China, Pre- Columbian Central and South America, Africa and the Pacific. Volume III is split more specifically into ‘The Islamic World’ and ‘The European World’. Each theme is further devided into sub sections which cover all aspects of art including Manuscripts, Miniatures, Metalwork and Textiles, or Medieval Reliquaries, Limoges Enamels, Renaissance Jewellery, Rock Crystal and Wunderkammer objects, Silver, Jewellery (Cartier, Melerio, Chaumet, Bolin) and 54 pieces by Fabergé.