DUBAI'S FIRST LADY SELLS JEWEL-STUDDED PAINTING FOR CHARITY LONDON, MARCH 8 (KUNA) -- A PAINTING CREATED BY THE WIFE OF THE RULER OF DUBAI WHICH IS ENCRUSTED WITH DOZENS OF DIAMONDS AND OTHER JEWELS, WAS DUE TO BE AUCTIONED IN LONDON FOR CHARITY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY.
SHEIKHA BOUCHRA BINT MOHAMMED AL MAKTOUM, THE FIRST LADY OF DUBAI, HAS DONATED THE PICTURE AND 30 OTHER WORKS TO HELP MEDICAL AID CHARITY ''MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES''.
THE PICTURE, AN ABSTRACT WORK ENTITLED ''LA NATURE'', IS EMBEDDED WITH 45 DIAMONDS AND OTHER JEWELS, INCLUDING AQUAMARINE AND TOPAZ, WORTH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS.
THE MOROCCAN-BORN 27-YEAR-OLD IS A KEEN AMATEUR ARTIST AND PLANS TO HOLD A PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF HER WORK IN LONDON LATER THIS YEAR.
THE JEWELED PAINTING WILL BE AUCTIONED ON THURSDAY NEXT WEEK AT A SALE IN CENTRAL LONDON. (END) HE.MAB/FS KUNA 081958 Mar 00NNNN