Persian Painting: The Arts of the Book and Portraiture
KD18.000 – KD28.000Price range: KD18.000 through KD28.000
Glass from Islamic Lands
KD14.000
Precious Indian Weapons and other Princely Accoutrements
KD15.000 – KD25.000Price range: KD15.000 through KD25.000
Item #:
BKGMPW-S - BKGMPW-H
Categories: Books, Collection Books, The al-Sabah Collection
Description
Description
This spectacular collection of nearly 200 jewelled weapons and priceless accoutrements from the Indian subcontinent was assembled over many decades. 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. The 9th edition of T&H series on TASC, this is a dazzling celebration of one of the world’s greatest collections of precious weapons.
Details
| Author: Salam Kaoukji |
| Publisher: Thames and Hudson |
| Language: English |
| Format: Softcover / Hardcover |
| Pages: 504 pages |
| Illustrations: Color |
| Dimension: 27.5x22x4 cm / 28x23x4.5 cm |
| Weight: 2.5 kg / 2.75 kg |
| ISBN: 978-0-500-97081-2 Softcover |
| ISBN: 978-0-500-97080-5 Hardcover |
