Arts of the Islamic World Including Fine Carpets and Textiles
Arts of the Islamic World Including Fine Carpets and Textiles
Payment methods
- PayPal
- Credit card
- Bank transfer
- Pubblica amministrazione
- Carta del Docente
Details
- Year of publication
- 2008
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- Sotheby'S
- Publishers
- Sotheby's
- Keyword
- Islamic
- Binding description
- S
- Dust jacket
- False
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Binding
- Softcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Just a couple of scuffs to the covers. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on April 9, 2008. Sale code: L08220 "MEDINA". The sale consisted of a broad range of Islamic arts including masterpieces of calligraphy from a private European collection, an album of calligraphy annotated by Emperor Shah Jahan, an important group of sacred curtains from Mecca and Medina, a rare and important Abbasid Ka'ba key, an important Siculo-Arabic marble panel from Southern Italy, and an exceptionally rare Royal belt buckle from Al-Andalus, among many other things. 405 lots in the sale. Almost all illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 468 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
