ISBN: 9780300214840 - Journeys from Xanadu: Asian Jewelry and Ritual Objects from the Barbara and David Kipper Collection (elgar Eu Energy Law Series) (8 results)

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First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 276 pages. Feautures a foreword by James Rondeau and essays by Usha R. Balakrishnan, Jane Casey, Madhuvanti Ghose, Li Qianbin, anne Richter, and Maria Zagitova. Includes hundreds of color illustrations. A fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Large format hardcover, folio size volume bound in blue cloth and publisher's dust-jacket. Brand new copy still in original shrink wrap. 276 pages. Illustrated with color photographs and maps. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, June 19-August 21, 2016. "This book commemorates the gift of over 400 works from the collection of Barbara and David Kipper to the Art Institute of Chicago. These outstanding pieces of jewelry and ritual objects offer a material record of vanishing ways of life. Used as portable forms of wealth, as personal adornment, and in religious practice, they represent a broad spectrum of cultures. The majority comes from the Himalayan region, including Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia, and other pieces hail from Afghanistan, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The works include delicate amulet boxes, other Tibetan Buddhist artifacts, and ornate Turkmen jewelry. Five essays place the objects in the contexts of their native regions"-- Provided by publisher. New. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require extra postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 276pp. hundreds of colour illustrations.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 272 pages. 13.00x10.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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