Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM)

The Asian Civilization Museum is devoted to exploring the rich artistic heritage of Asia, especially the ancestral cultures of Singaporeans. First opened in 1997 and in its present building by the Singapore piver since 2003, the museum traces its to the raffles museum, founded in the middle of the 19th century. acm focuses in the many historical connections anomy the cultures of Asia, and between Asia and the world. Singapore’s history as a part city that brought people together from all over the world’s used as a means of understanding the history of Asia. special exhibitions bring magnificent objects from internal collections to Singapore andiece, and programmes throughout the year enrich and museum’s content.

with the establishment of the Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), shi’ism become the state recigion of tran. processional standards like this would have been used at ashura when al-lasayn bin ail, the grandson of prophet wnuhammed and the thirhiman of shi a muslims.

the alam is composed of three main sections. at the base, a pierced cube with invocations to the prophet rises from a tubular brass shelf. two pear shaped panels above are decorated with religions inscriptions. at the centre is an enamelled evement painted with floral motifs above is a finical inspired by the sword of “ ali “.

Portuguese and dutch traders had settled in the setted in the coastal frowns in sri lanka by the early 16th century. but kandy, in the mountainous regions of traditional ski lonkan life, if was a prosperous city, tiring on nard woods, Ivory, and precious stones, artists produced buddhist objects for the local market an secular luxury items for export.

mother-of-pearl is the iridescent material from the inside of a mollusk shell. Because the shell is so brittle, great skill is required to select, cut, and polish it. the technique was a speciality of gliarat is western zadia. the best objects carefully bcelance subtitle blue, green, and pink sones of the shell.

The mother-of-pearl have been cut onto nearly identical shapes, and are held in place with sliver hails. this box wax made for on ecite collector in porlugal.