The Khalili Collections
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Eight of the world's finest art collections, together comprising 35,000 magnificent works.
Today we present Meiji No Takara – Treasures of Imperial Japan, Volume 2: Metalwork. Showcasing 161 exceptional works by master artisans, this richly illustrated volume celebrates Japan’s finest craftsmanship.
All proceeds support the Khalili Foundation.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/muhx63b
All proceeds support the Khalili Foundation.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/muhx63b
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Today we present Meiji No Takara – Treasures of Imperial Japan, Volume 2: Metalwork. Showcasing 161 exceptional works by master artisans, this richly illustrated volume celebrates Japan’s finest craftsmanship.
All proceeds support the Khalili Foundation.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/muhx63b
All proceeds support the Khalili Foundation.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/muhx63b
For #InternationalTeaDay, we’re sharing this 19th-century Russian tea caddy from our Enamels of the World Collection. With tea sourced from China, its decoration reflects 18th-century chinoiserie and Chinese pith paper watercolours from the Treaty ports.
#KhaliliCollections
#KhaliliCollections
December 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
For #InternationalTeaDay, we’re sharing this 19th-century Russian tea caddy from our Enamels of the World Collection. With tea sourced from China, its decoration reflects 18th-century chinoiserie and Chinese pith paper watercolours from the Treaty ports.
#KhaliliCollections
#KhaliliCollections
In 2007, Professor Sir David Khalili gave Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II a personal tour of the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. His knowledge led The Queen to remark, “It’s scary how much this gentleman knows about art.”
Learn more about his journey:
https://sirdavidkhalili.com
#Peace
Learn more about his journey:
https://sirdavidkhalili.com
#Peace
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In 2007, Professor Sir David Khalili gave Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II a personal tour of the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. His knowledge led The Queen to remark, “It’s scary how much this gentleman knows about art.”
Learn more about his journey:
https://sirdavidkhalili.com
#Peace
Learn more about his journey:
https://sirdavidkhalili.com
#Peace
On #WildlifeConservationDay we are sharing this Elephant Aquamanile created in Syria in the twelfth or early thirteenth century which is formed from moulded stonepaste and finished with a softly opacified white glaze enhanced by turquoise and cobalt blue.
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
On #WildlifeConservationDay we are sharing this Elephant Aquamanile created in Syria in the twelfth or early thirteenth century which is formed from moulded stonepaste and finished with a softly opacified white glaze enhanced by turquoise and cobalt blue.
‘From Bauhaus to Mecca’ explores Dr Mahmoud Bodo Rasch’s journey from Bauhaus beginnings to major designs for Mecca and Medina. With over 200 works and rare Khalili Collection textiles, it highlights a unique meeting of modernism and Islamic architecture.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/3326h35v
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/3326h35v
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
‘From Bauhaus to Mecca’ explores Dr Mahmoud Bodo Rasch’s journey from Bauhaus beginnings to major designs for Mecca and Medina. With over 200 works and rare Khalili Collection textiles, it highlights a unique meeting of modernism and Islamic architecture.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/3326h35v
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/3326h35v
This #Thanksgiving we’re highlighting this tiered jubako from our Japanese Art of the Meiji Period Collection. Created in 1889 or earlier and attributed to Shibata Zeshin, this work’s harvest imagery offers a fitting reflection for the season.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/383p7um9
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/383p7um9
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This #Thanksgiving we’re highlighting this tiered jubako from our Japanese Art of the Meiji Period Collection. Created in 1889 or earlier and attributed to Shibata Zeshin, this work’s harvest imagery offers a fitting reflection for the season.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/383p7um9
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/383p7um9
It’s #RoadSafetyWeek and we’re buckling up with these 9th–10th century belt fittings from our Islamic Arts Collection. Originally gilt and crafted in eastern Iran — possibly Nishapur — these 37 pieces held together a soldier’s important gear.
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It’s #RoadSafetyWeek and we’re buckling up with these 9th–10th century belt fittings from our Islamic Arts Collection. Originally gilt and crafted in eastern Iran — possibly Nishapur — these 37 pieces held together a soldier’s important gear.
Today, on Remembrance Day, we pause to reflect on memory and sacrifice with this Silk Rug from Mughal India, created around 1630–40, whose intricate design features delicate red poppies, flowers that have come to symbolise remembrance and peace.
#RemembranceDay
#RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Today, on Remembrance Day, we pause to reflect on memory and sacrifice with this Silk Rug from Mughal India, created around 1630–40, whose intricate design features delicate red poppies, flowers that have come to symbolise remembrance and peace.
#RemembranceDay
#RemembranceDay
Over 50 years in the making, the Khalili Collections embody a lifelong devotion to preserving and sharing human creativity, with nearly 100 volumes celebrating Swedish textiles, the Hajj, Japanese craftsmanship, Islamic art, and the universal ideals of peace.
#KhaliliCollections
#KhaliliCollections
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Over 50 years in the making, the Khalili Collections embody a lifelong devotion to preserving and sharing human creativity, with nearly 100 volumes celebrating Swedish textiles, the Hajj, Japanese craftsmanship, Islamic art, and the universal ideals of peace.
#KhaliliCollections
#KhaliliCollections
As fireworks light up the sky this #GuyFawkesNight, we’re thinking about the invention behind both spectacle and revolution: gunpowder.
This 17th-c. Ottoman flintlock pistol, crafted with gold, silver, and intricate calligraphy, is a rare masterpiece where art meets innovation.
#KhaliliCollections
This 17th-c. Ottoman flintlock pistol, crafted with gold, silver, and intricate calligraphy, is a rare masterpiece where art meets innovation.
#KhaliliCollections
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
As fireworks light up the sky this #GuyFawkesNight, we’re thinking about the invention behind both spectacle and revolution: gunpowder.
This 17th-c. Ottoman flintlock pistol, crafted with gold, silver, and intricate calligraphy, is a rare masterpiece where art meets innovation.
#KhaliliCollections
This 17th-c. Ottoman flintlock pistol, crafted with gold, silver, and intricate calligraphy, is a rare masterpiece where art meets innovation.
#KhaliliCollections
A simple List of Supplies from ancient Bactria tells a story of empire in transition. Written in Official Aramaic on leather, it records flour, wine, and vinegar for workers, everyday needs that kept the Achaemenid world running in 329 BC.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/2yjnv4x7
#WednesdayWisdom
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/2yjnv4x7
#WednesdayWisdom
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A simple List of Supplies from ancient Bactria tells a story of empire in transition. Written in Official Aramaic on leather, it records flour, wine, and vinegar for workers, everyday needs that kept the Achaemenid world running in 329 BC.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/2yjnv4x7
#WednesdayWisdom
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/2yjnv4x7
#WednesdayWisdom
As we adjust to shorter days, we’re reminded of this Timepiece from our Enamels of the World Collection. Unveiled at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889, this clock was among celebrated works earning the Vever brothers a Grand Prix for jewellery design.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/bdf6286f
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/bdf6286f
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
As we adjust to shorter days, we’re reminded of this Timepiece from our Enamels of the World Collection. Unveiled at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889, this clock was among celebrated works earning the Vever brothers a Grand Prix for jewellery design.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/bdf6286f
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/bdf6286f
Sir David Khalili’s The Art of Peace is available on Amazon. Discover how the power of art can foster understanding, peace, and unity across cultures. Few are better placed to share such a vision.
Learn more: http://sirdavidkhalili.com
#TheArtOfPeace
Learn more: http://sirdavidkhalili.com
#TheArtOfPeace
October 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sir David Khalili’s The Art of Peace is available on Amazon. Discover how the power of art can foster understanding, peace, and unity across cultures. Few are better placed to share such a vision.
Learn more: http://sirdavidkhalili.com
#TheArtOfPeace
Learn more: http://sirdavidkhalili.com
#TheArtOfPeace
It’s #SpaceWeek 🌌 & we’re sharing an astrolabe-quadrant from our Islamic Arts Collection, made in Ottoman Turkey in 1840–41.
Crafted from walnut with ink inscriptions, brass, and a housed plumb-line weight, it guided astronomical calculations with remarkable precision.
#KhaliliCollections
Crafted from walnut with ink inscriptions, brass, and a housed plumb-line weight, it guided astronomical calculations with remarkable precision.
#KhaliliCollections
October 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
It’s #SpaceWeek 🌌 & we’re sharing an astrolabe-quadrant from our Islamic Arts Collection, made in Ottoman Turkey in 1840–41.
Crafted from walnut with ink inscriptions, brass, and a housed plumb-line weight, it guided astronomical calculations with remarkable precision.
#KhaliliCollections
Crafted from walnut with ink inscriptions, brass, and a housed plumb-line weight, it guided astronomical calculations with remarkable precision.
#KhaliliCollections
📢 New release: Learning, Piety and Poetry: Manuscripts from the Islamic World (Vol VII, 2025). Featuring rare Arabic, Persian & Turkish works incl. Ibn al-‘Arabi’s autograph & al-Mutanabbi’s diwan.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4ua5r5p4
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4ua5r5p4
October 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
📢 New release: Learning, Piety and Poetry: Manuscripts from the Islamic World (Vol VII, 2025). Featuring rare Arabic, Persian & Turkish works incl. Ibn al-‘Arabi’s autograph & al-Mutanabbi’s diwan.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4ua5r5p4
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4ua5r5p4
Here you can purchase all available volumes published exclusively by the Collections:
https://khalilipublications.com
For a fuller list of publications including forthcoming volumes and books published by others see our Collections:
https://khalilicollections.org/publications
https://khalilipublications.com
For a fuller list of publications including forthcoming volumes and books published by others see our Collections:
https://khalilicollections.org/publications
October 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Here you can purchase all available volumes published exclusively by the Collections:
https://khalilipublications.com
For a fuller list of publications including forthcoming volumes and books published by others see our Collections:
https://khalilicollections.org/publications
https://khalilipublications.com
For a fuller list of publications including forthcoming volumes and books published by others see our Collections:
https://khalilicollections.org/publications
For this week’s #ManuscriptMonday we’re highlighting Al-Shajarah al-Nabawiyyah by Yusuf ibn Hasan ibn ʿAbd al-Hadi, a detailed biography of the Prophet Muhammad, his family, companions, and the first four caliphs. This manuscript was copied in North Africa during the 17th century.
#OttomanArt
#OttomanArt
September 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
For this week’s #ManuscriptMonday we’re highlighting Al-Shajarah al-Nabawiyyah by Yusuf ibn Hasan ibn ʿAbd al-Hadi, a detailed biography of the Prophet Muhammad, his family, companions, and the first four caliphs. This manuscript was copied in North Africa during the 17th century.
#OttomanArt
#OttomanArt
This week marks the beginning of autumn and soon we’ll need to start raking up all the fallen leaves. We’re sharing this remarkable 19thC calligraphic composition written on the delicate skeleton of a horse chestnut leaf from our Islamic Arts Collection.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/bdf6z4tm
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/bdf6z4tm
September 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This week marks the beginning of autumn and soon we’ll need to start raking up all the fallen leaves. We’re sharing this remarkable 19thC calligraphic composition written on the delicate skeleton of a horse chestnut leaf from our Islamic Arts Collection.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/bdf6z4tm
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/bdf6z4tm
An 18th-c silk curtain from the Prophet’s Tomb, woven in Ottoman Turkey, carries prayers, blessings, and the words: “Prayers and Peace be upon you, O messenger of God.” From our Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/chp7pafd
#InternationalDayOfPeace
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/chp7pafd
#InternationalDayOfPeace
September 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
An 18th-c silk curtain from the Prophet’s Tomb, woven in Ottoman Turkey, carries prayers, blessings, and the words: “Prayers and Peace be upon you, O messenger of God.” From our Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/chp7pafd
#InternationalDayOfPeace
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/chp7pafd
#InternationalDayOfPeace
As #LondonFashionWeek unfolds, we spotlight a boy’s kimono ensemble from 1930s–40s Japan. Made of silk with yuzen dyeing & metallic embroidery, it features samurai helmets, swords & arrows wishing the wearer strength, valour & honour.
September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
As #LondonFashionWeek unfolds, we spotlight a boy’s kimono ensemble from 1930s–40s Japan. Made of silk with yuzen dyeing & metallic embroidery, it features samurai helmets, swords & arrows wishing the wearer strength, valour & honour.
The Discovery Tour App: Medieval Baghdad lets you explore 9th-century Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate, featuring artefacts from The Khalili Collections.
Learn more and download the app here:
https://tinyurl.com/yd53tz5y
Learn more and download the app here:
https://tinyurl.com/yd53tz5y
September 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Discovery Tour App: Medieval Baghdad lets you explore 9th-century Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate, featuring artefacts from The Khalili Collections.
Learn more and download the app here:
https://tinyurl.com/yd53tz5y
Learn more and download the app here:
https://tinyurl.com/yd53tz5y
On #InternationalDayofCharity we share this Pair of Phoenixes from our Enamels of the World Collection, China (1736–1795). A symbol of the empress, counterpart to the emperor’s dragon, the phoenix signified prosperity, beauty and charity.
September 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
On #InternationalDayofCharity we share this Pair of Phoenixes from our Enamels of the World Collection, China (1736–1795). A symbol of the empress, counterpart to the emperor’s dragon, the phoenix signified prosperity, beauty and charity.
Sudanese sword, scabbard, and baldric (1312 AH / 1898–9 AD), made for ‘Ali Dinar, last independent sultan of Darfur. More than a weapon, it symbolised authority and resilience as he restored the sultanate after 1898, ruling until its annexation in 1916.
#HistoricalWeapons
#HistoricalWeapons
August 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Sudanese sword, scabbard, and baldric (1312 AH / 1898–9 AD), made for ‘Ali Dinar, last independent sultan of Darfur. More than a weapon, it symbolised authority and resilience as he restored the sultanate after 1898, ruling until its annexation in 1916.
#HistoricalWeapons
#HistoricalWeapons
#Judaism, #Christianity, and #Islam are major monotheistic religions affirming belief in one God. The Khalili Foundation’s Interfaith Explorers resource highlights this shared tradition through the Shema, Nicene Creed, and tawhid.
Learn more at Interfaith Explorers: https://tinyurl.com/46m6xaex
Learn more at Interfaith Explorers: https://tinyurl.com/46m6xaex
August 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#Judaism, #Christianity, and #Islam are major monotheistic religions affirming belief in one God. The Khalili Foundation’s Interfaith Explorers resource highlights this shared tradition through the Shema, Nicene Creed, and tawhid.
Learn more at Interfaith Explorers: https://tinyurl.com/46m6xaex
Learn more at Interfaith Explorers: https://tinyurl.com/46m6xaex
Ottoman rug, late 16th–early 17th century, from Istanbul or Cairo. Wool and cotton pile on silk and wool foundation with a mihrab niche, columns and mosque lamp. A striking reminder of Ottoman artistry and cultural exchange.
#wednesdaywisdom
#wednesdaywisdom
August 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ottoman rug, late 16th–early 17th century, from Istanbul or Cairo. Wool and cotton pile on silk and wool foundation with a mihrab niche, columns and mosque lamp. A striking reminder of Ottoman artistry and cultural exchange.
#wednesdaywisdom
#wednesdaywisdom