التاريخ : 08/03/2000
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)
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