NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Objects and artwork from the Forbidden City’s hidden inner sanctum, a sealed off compound built in high luxury for the Chinese emperor’s retirement, will be unveiled in New York on Tuesday. “The Emperor’s Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City” opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on February 1 and runs until May 1. The show features 90 objects from the 27-building garden sanctuary, built at Emperor Qianlong’s request in the northeast corner of Beijing’s Forbidden City. Known as the Qianlong garden, the compound was supposed to be for the emperor’s retirement, but he never relinquished the throne and the space remained unchanged and unoccupied since its 1776 completion. It is made up of separate buildings meant for different activities, such as the “supreme chamber of cultivating harmony,” or the “building of luminous clouds.” This secret garden, which curators said showcased the