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Enamels of the World 1700-2000 the Khalili Collections
2009008611London England: Khalili Family Trust 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. First edition first printing 2009. CD production by Acefolio Ltd. Book production by Lorna Raby. Printed and bound in the UK. Approx. 12.75 x 10 inches. Purple cloth hardboards with crisp gilt-stamped lettering to the front board and the spine. Unbumped spine head and tail and sharp corners. Exceptionally clean binding. Text block firmly bound in and quite tight. With 450 numbered pages of heavy coated stock. Twelve chapters by various expert authors including a history of enamelling techniques enamel in China Japan and Europe painted enamel Cartier and more. Also with makers' marks glossary bibliography concordances and index. With color plates illustrating 313 items from the collection some plates full-page. Each item accompanied by detailed commentary. Also with B&W figures. The CD for the collection is neatly place in a sleeve affixed to the rear pastedown. A Fine copy in a Near Fine DJ. 8 lbs. 2 oz. The first public exhibition of 'Enamels of the World 1700-2000' was held at the State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg from 8 December 2009 to 14 March 2010. 'Enamels of the World 1700-2000' consisting of some twelve hundred works is the largest and most comprehensive private enamels collection known. It provides an unparalleled opportunity to appreciate the richness and diversity of the art of enamelling during the past three centuries ranging from the imposing work of Qing dynasty China and Meiji Japan to the magnificent creations of Romanov Russia and the royal courts of Europe and the East. <br/> <br/> Khalili Family Trust hardcover
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