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The Wyvern Collection : medieval and later ivory carvings and small sculpture

Title: The Wyvern Collection : medieval and later ivory carvings and small sculpture / Paul Williamson.
Author: Williamson, Paul, 1954-
Publication: London ; New York, New York : Thames and Hudson, 2019.

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Description

448 pages : illustrations (colour); 29 cm

Summary

This volume, the second catalogue of the Wyvern Collection, celebrates an outstanding group of medieval ivory carvings and small sculpture, the finest assemblage of its kind in private hands. The book has pieces from every period of the Middle Ages, including rare examples from the Early Christian era; spectacular panels from the workshops of tenth-century Constantinople; objects produced by the celebrated carvers active in south Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries; and several important pieces from the Romanesque period. At the heart of the collection is an outstanding group of Gothic ivories whose highlights include one of the most important secular medieval ivories discovered in recent years. The collection also features a number of small amber, hardstone, jet, wood and mother-of-pearl carvings. In addition to their virtuoso craftsmanship, many of these objects have illustrious histories as part of famous aristocratic or ecclesiastical collections. This is a precious opportunity to study these miniature masterpieces.

Alternative Title

Medieval and later ivory carvings and small sculpture

Subject

Genre/Form

Catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQF 19-1769

ISBN

9780500022832
0500022836

OCLC

1108707563

Author

Williamson, Paul, 1954- author.

Title

The Wyvern Collection : medieval and later ivory carvings and small sculpture / Paul Williamson.

Publisher

London ; New York, New York : Thames and Hudson, 2019.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JQF 19-1769

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