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New Yorkโ€™s Met to debut glittering global jewellery exhibition in Hong Kong

Diamond-studded necklaces, golden pectorals and ceremonial small swords are among about 200 jewellery and decorative pieces, covering 4,000 years of history across five continents, to be showcased in Hong Kong from Wednesday. Titled โ€œTreasures of Global Jewellery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Body Transformedโ€, the show at the Hong Kong Palace Museum marks the US instituteโ€™s first major travelling showcase of its jewellery collection. About 200 exhibits have been selected from the...