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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very good
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- ISBN
- 9780500022832
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
ISBN-10
0500022836
ISBN-13
9780500022832
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038285581
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wyvern Collection : Medieval and Later Ivory Carvings and Small Sculpture
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, History / Medieval, History / Renaissance
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
88.9 Oz
Item Length
11.2 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-934330
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
736.620902
Synopsis
This volume, the second catalog of the Wyvern Collection, celebrates an outstanding group of medieval ivory carvings and small sculpture, the finest assemblage of its kind in private hands. The book has pieces from every period of the Middle Ages, including rare pieces from the Early Christian era, spectacular panels from the workshops of tenth-century Constantinople, objects produced by the celebrated carvers active in South Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and several important pieces from the Romanesque period. At the heart of the collection is an outstanding group of Gothic ivories whose highlights include one of the most important secular medieval ivories discovered in recent years. The collection also features a number of small amber, hard stone, jet, wood, and mother-of-pearl carvings. In addition to their virtuoso craftsmanship, many of these pieces have illustrious histories as part of famous aristocratic or ecclesiastical collections. This is a precious opportunity to study these miniature masterpieces., One of the mostimportant collections ofmedieval ivory carvingsand small sculpture,available to the publicfor the first time., One of the mostimportant collections ofmedieval ivory carvingsand small sculpture,available to the publicfor the first time. This volume, the second catalog of the Wyvern Collection, celebrates an outstanding group of medieval ivory carvings and small sculpture, the finest assemblage of its kind in private hands. The book has pieces from every period of the Middle Ages, including rare pieces from the Early Christian era, spectacular panels from the workshops of tenth-century Constantinople, objects produced by the celebrated carvers active in South Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and several important pieces from the Romanesque period. At the heart of the collection is an outstanding group of Gothic ivories whose highlights include one of the most important secular medieval ivories discovered in recent years. The collection also features a number of small amber, hard stone, jet, wood, and mother-of-pearl carvings. In addition to their virtuoso craftsmanship, many of these pieces have illustrious histories as part of famous aristocratic or ecclesiastical collections. This is a precious opportunity to study these miniature masterpieces.
LC Classification Number
NB170
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