A NEW exhibition containing a range of Eastern delights has gone on display at Preston's Harris Museum and Art Gallery -- the first venue in Britain to show the works.
The Chandrika exhibition is a huge collection of beautiful silver jewellery and ornaments from India and features various sections based on different parts of the body.
Items such as torques, armlets, toe rings and a hookah -- a water pipe used for smoking tobacco -- are all included.
Although many items are difficult to date the display spans at least 100 years of history and exhibits come from across India.
The Chandrika Foundation has been created by collectors Rajiv Arora and Rajesh Ajmera and boasts the largest and most comprehensive collection of tribal silver ornaments in India.
To complement the historical objects four British-based makers have been commissioned to create new work. Glass-maker Kalim Afzal, silversmith Rajesh Gogna, textile artist Sarbjit Natt and jewellery designer Vanetta Mala Seecharran are all crafts people of South Asian descent and from a range of artistic backgrounds.
Visitors to the exhibition will also have the chance to purchase genuine Indian jewellery imported from the Chandrika Foundation's retail outlet especially for the museum.
The exhibition has been produced in association with Shisha, an independent agency which aims to promote Eastern arts and crafts. It was officially opened by Preston's mayor, councillor Alan Hackett, on Friday, September 14, and runs until November 10.
Call the Harris Museum and Art Gallery on 258248 for details.
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