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Soft cover. Condizione: New. CARTER, MARTHA L. - SIDNEY GOLSTEIN - PRUDENCE O. HARPER - TRYDY S. KAWAMI - PIETER MEYERS Splendors of the Ancient East: Antiquities from The al-Sabah Collection. Edited by Deborah Freeman. London: Thames and Hudson, 2013. 4to., 208 p., color ills. In English and Arab. Paperback. New ISBN: 9780500970522 CATALOG: Archaeology KEYWORDS: Archaeology Middle East Mesopotamia Anatolia Jewellery History of art Collection World-renowned for its collection of Islamic art, The al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait also houses an important collection of ancient art, Splendors of the Ancient East: Antiquities from The al-Sabah Collection presents a selection of ancient artefacts from the al-Sabah Collection, most of them displayed for the first time. Covering a time span of some 4.000 years, from the Bronze Age up to the dawn of the Islamic era, this book celebrates some of the beautiful objects created in the Near East. This selection is united by the personal vision of Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah and his wife, Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah. This vision is informed by a love of the beauty of these objects and an interest in the material culture of this region, from which grew some of the distinctive forms and design vocabulary of Islamic art.