On March 3, 2018, for our series Voices on Art, Art This Week Productions filmed this talk by Karni Singh Jasol, director, Mehrangarh Museum Trust, and co-curator of the exhibition Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
“Centuries of royal treasures from India come to the United States for the first time in an epic presentation. Drawn primarily from the collections of the Mehrangarh Museum Trust and the private collections of the royal family of Jodhpur, Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India features masterpieces and relics—never before seen beyond palace walls. The lavishly crafted objects selected for the exhibition include finely crafted arms and armor, sumptuous jewels, intricately carved furnishings, a monumental 17th-century court tent, a 1944 L-5 Sentinel aircraft, and much more.
In this talk for MFAH members, Karni Singh Jasol shows how these royal treasures outline the dynamic history of the Marwar-Jodhpur region and the Rathore dynasty that ruled it for more than 700 years.”-From the MFAH website
Thanks to Karni and the MFAH for allowing us to film the talk.
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