Product details:
ISBN13: | 9780500022832 |
ISBN10: | 0500022836 |
Binding: | Hardback |
No. of pages: | 448 pages |
Size: | 276x219 mm |
Weight: | 2520 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 335 colour illustrations |
138 |
Category:
The Wyvern Collection
Medieval and Later Ivory Carvings and Small Sculpture
Series:
The Wyvern Collection;
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
Date of Publication: 19 September 2019
Normal price:
Publisher's listprice:
GBP 65.00
GBP 65.00
Your price:
26 686 (25 415 HUF + 5% VAT )
discount is: 15% (approx 4 709 HUF off)
The discount is only available for 'Alert of Favourite Topics' newsletter recipients.
Click here to subscribe.
Click here to subscribe.
Availability:
Estimated delivery time: In stock at the publisher, but not at Prospero's office. Delivery time approx. 3-5 weeks.
Not in stock at Prospero.
Can't you provide more accurate information?
Not in stock at Prospero.
Long description:
This volume, the second catalogue 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 examples 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, hardstone, jet, wood and mother-of-pearl carvings.
In addition to their virtuoso craftsmanship, many of these objects have illustrious histories as part of famous aristocratic or ecclesiastical collections. This is a precious opportunity to study these miniature masterpieces.
In addition to their virtuoso craftsmanship, many of these objects have illustrious histories as part of famous aristocratic or ecclesiastical collections. This is a precious opportunity to study these miniature masterpieces.