Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry: Exquisite Objects from the Cradle of Civilization

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From the president of the National Jewelry Institute comes the largest collection of the oldest jeweled objects ever assembled. With sparkling photography and history throughout, the book will be supported by a major exhibit of the collection. These gorgeous artifacts-the oldest jeweled armor, weapons, jewelry, household objects, and more, with informative captions and stunning photography on every page-originated in Mesopotamia, Persia, Levant, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic world, from 4000 B. C. E. through 700 C. E. Artifacts appearing in the book are being lent to the exhibit by almost every major permanent collection of ancient objects in the world: jeweled treasures from the Louvre, the Berlin Museum, the Islamic collection at the Metropolitan, the Princeton Museum, and the Israeli Museum are shown together for the first time. Also included are interviews with major scholars and curators from around the world, speaking on ancient civilizations and the remaining artifacts that reveal their truly stunning cultures.

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"Sacramento Book Review," September 2008
"A spectacular survey of jeweled objects from early civilization through about 1500 C.D. ... "Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry "is a fine collection of, not only the objects, but a comprehensive collection of essays and interviews with jewelry historians around the world, providing a reference to the times and places that the jewelry was made and used."

Author Bio

Judith Price is the president of the National Jewelry Institute, a highly-regarded non-profit organization established to create and support exhibitions of the most important jewelry of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The institute, located on Fifth Avenue, New York, also endorses the education of those studying the jewelry trade in order to perpetuate and maintain the integrity of artistic tradition. Ms Price is the founder of Avenue magazine, and the author of Masterpieces of American Jewelry. She lives in New York.