Product Description
Kremlin Gold: 1000 Years of Russian Gems and Jewels. Joel A. Bartsch. With forewords by Irina Rodimtseva, Truett Latimer, and John W. McCarter, Jr. The sumptuous book published by the king of art books (Abrams) is a companion volume to a major American museum exhibition of Russian treasures from the Moscow-Kremlin State Armory Museum that showcased 120 treasures rarely seen in the West, or even displayed in Russia. Among these objet d'art are a ruby and sapphire encrusted icon oklad, a Russian Orthodox mitre festooned with pearls and gold, Imperial Faberge Easter eggs, and even the buried gold of the Riazan hoard.
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2000. 1st edition. 310 illustrations, 244 in full color, quarto hardcover, pictorial covers. Clear jacket shows moderate rubbing, text near fine, no ownership marks. 1 copy.
