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Art from The Islamic Civilization - From the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait -
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  • LocationNational Museum of Korea
  • Date07-02-2013 ~ 10-13-2013

This exhibition introduces 355 objects from the al-Sabah Collection, the royal collection of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait. The first part of the exhibition features the overall flow of the Islamic art from 8th century to 19th century arranged in a chronological order.
 The latter part consists of thematic sections, which show creative characteristic of Islamic civilization such as a calligraphy, geometrical pattern and arabesque pattern.