East meets West : a selection of Asian and European art from the Tata collection in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India / edited by Pratapaditya Pal in association with Sabyasachi Mukherjee & Rashmi Poddar.

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Mumbai : Marg Publications and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, c2010Description: 196 pages : illustrations (chiefly colours) ; 28 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9789380581002 (hbk.)

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DDC classification:

23 709.5 013388

LOC classification:

N7262 .C44 2010

Summary: Bothers Sir Dorab Tata and Sir Ratan Tata, descendents of India's pioneering industrialist Jamsetji Tata, bequeathed their extensive art collections to the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, now the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai. This unmatched instance of munificence to a public museum in India had the selfless support of their spouses, Lady Meherbai and Lady Navajbai. The Tata bequest formed the core of the Museum's collection.

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Bothers Sir Dorab Tata and Sir Ratan Tata, descendents of India's pioneering industrialist Jamsetji Tata, bequeathed their extensive art collections to the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, now the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai. This unmatched instance of munificence to a public museum in India had the selfless support of their spouses, Lady Meherbai and Lady Navajbai. The Tata bequest formed the core of the Museum's collection.

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