Qatari foundation rescues Islamic artefacts and returns them to Jerusalem Museum Islamic artefacts were expected to be sold by Sotheby’s auction house in London last October [Sothebys/Twitter] March 10, 2021 at 2:46 pm A Qatari foundation belonging to the ruling Al Thani family has intervened in an ongoing dispute over the sale of 268 rare Islamic artefacts and rescued the items from being removed permanently from their current home in the Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem. The rare Islamic artefacts were expected to be sold by Sotheby's auction house in London last October. They include 194 items of Islamic art and 74 timepieces and music boxes from the museum's collection. In total, the items constitute about five per cent of the entire collection of the Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem.