This spectacular collection of nearly 200 jewelled weapons and priceless accoutrements from the Indian subcontinent was assembled over many decades by Sheikh Nasser and Sheikha Hussah al-Sabah for The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait. Produced for aristocratic patrons who valued the arts, these richly decorated edged weapons and other princely objects bear witness to the legendary opulence and refinement of the Indian courts during the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Many incorporate decorative features originating in ...
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This spectacular collection of nearly 200 jewelled weapons and priceless accoutrements from the Indian subcontinent was assembled over many decades by Sheikh Nasser and Sheikha Hussah al-Sabah for The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait. Produced for aristocratic patrons who valued the arts, these richly decorated edged weapons and other princely objects bear witness to the legendary opulence and refinement of the Indian courts during the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Many incorporate decorative features originating in Central Asia, the Iranian world, China, and even Renaissance Europe, testifying to centuries of trade, travel and warfare. At the same time, these ornate and uniquely Indian weapons are masterpieces of a long and unparalleled tradition of artistic craftsmanship on the subcontinent, displaying distinctive techniques of gemstone setting, hardstone carving, enamelling and blade damascening.
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Very Good. Minor shelf wear to outer edges of dust jacket, otherwise book content is in very good condition. 504 p. With over 500 colour illustrations.
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As New in As New jacket. Book. 4to-over 9æ-12" tall. Large quarto hardcover bound in heavy green cloth covered boards, in publisher's pictorial, non price-clipped dust-jacket. 504 pages. Bibliography, Glossary, Index, etc. Illustrated throughout with over 500 color photographs. First American edition. A catalog of the fine Indian edged-weapons which reside in the superb collection amassed by Sheikh Nasser and Sheikha hussah al-Sabah. "A dazzling celebration of one of the world's greatest collections of precious weapons, suitable for specialists and anyone with an interest in weaponry and Indian decorative arts." No previous ownership marks. A pristine, like new copy in like dust-jacket. As new in an as new dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible.
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