CARVALHO, PEDRO MOURA

Science & Wonder in 16th Century Goa. Garcia de Orta and the Kunstkammer

Franco Maria Ricci, Parma. 2017. (ISBN: 9788894153354). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 29,5 x 31 cm; 1.6 kg; 155 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; New, may show signs of shelf wear.; "The volume that the Champalimaud Foundation now presents brings us back to the magic of the Cabinets of Curiosities that housed works of art, utilitarian and decorative objects, furniture, fabrics and clothing, drawings of animals and plants brought from the East. It also reveals the eating habits and rare spices, mainly from India, Sri Lanka and China, and what the West learn from the wealth and advances of civilizations of which, until then, little was known beyond the fact that they existed." excerpt from the foreword. New/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 604B

Catalogue: India Art

Keywords: 9788894153354 india,goa,sri lanka,china Asian Art

OKADA, AMINA

L´Inde Des Princes: La Donation Jean Et Krishnâ Riboud

Reunion des musees nationaux, Paris, France. 2000, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 2711841073). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, French and English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 24 x 28 cm; 1,2 Kg; 165 with colour illustrations.; Used book with signs of wear on the dust jacket, namely chips and tears. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. Interior in very good condition.; Containing fifty four objects covering the 17th through the 19th centuries and illustrating the princely arts of Mughal India, of the Deccani sultanates and of the Rajput kingdoms, as well as twenty jewels from Northern India, the Jean and Krishnâ Riboud donation represents an incredible endowment for the Guimet museum's Indian collections. There are translucent jade and rock crystal cups enriched with rubies and emeralds, chalcedony and jade dagger handles sprinkled with precious stones, flasks and powder horns made from exquisitely carved ivory, spice boxes and huqqa bases with enamelled decorations, artefacts made from shimmering mother of pearl, copper or silver encrusted bidri, vanished terracotta tiles with vegetable decorations, as well as sumptuous jewelry combining the brilliance of gems with the sparkle of polychrome enamels; all these artefacts add up to an amazingly seductive evocation of the sophisticated splendour of the courtly arts in the Indian kindgoms. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 579B

Catalogue: India Art

Keywords: 2711841073 india art,india,jade,rock crystal cups Collections and exhibitions Asian Art