Posted on: 26 January 2012

Bank of America and CSMVS Museum to restore Anvar-i Suhayli
Business Standard - Jan 18, 2012

Bank of America has today announced that the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, (CSMVS Museum) will receive vital funding for the conservation of Anvar-i Suhayli. The restoration will be done through the Bank of America Art Conservation Project in partnership with the CSMVS Museum at the CSMVS Art Conservation Centre.

The Anvar-i Suhayli, a 16th-century illustrated manuscript with a compilation of delightful fables from the Panchatantra and dates from Emperor Akbar’s atelier in the early Mughal miniature style, carries an A++ Grading, the highest grading available that positions it as an artwork of unique national importance.

Mr Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Director of the CSMVS Museum, Mumbai acknowledged and welcomed the extension of this Bank of America global initiative to Asia. “In my knowledge, this is among the first instances of a bank adopting a work of art for conservation in a museum in India,” he said.

The CSMVS Museum, Mumbai will use the grant to further historical research of the manuscript, conduct technical analysis of the fragmented folios of the painting, and conserve and restore the Images. It is anticipated that the work will be completed by early 2013.

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Rs 50 lakh museum project to restore 231 illustrations HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times Mumbai, January 19, 2012 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) launched the ‘Anvar-i-Suhayli’ project on Wednesday to restore 231 illustrations from the Persian translation of the Panchatantra. The ‘Anvar-i-Suhayli’ is a compilation of illustrated animal fables commissioned by Mughal Emperor Akbar for his son, Jahangir in the 16th century. “King Akbar was a very liberal and culturally-enlightened leader. Despite being illiterate, he wanted his sons to read about morals and values,” said Sabyasachi Mukherjee, director of CSMVS. Read more: http://bit.ly/A1ibS5

I wish the Bank of America would restore me also!

Kudos to Mukherjee...he is really doing quite well for the CSMVS....infact it is one of better maintained museums of India.