Description

Large format hardcover, off-white cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher’s pictorial dust-jacket. 221 pages. Includes a Timeline, Index and Select Bibliography. With 221 illustrations, 205 of which are in full color, and 6 maps. First edition, stated first printing. A catalog published in conjunction with the eponymously named exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art November 4, 2013 through February 23, 2014. Focusing on the apex of this small kingdom’s artistic achievements (4th – 8th centuries) “…this book is the first substantial, accessible publication in English to explore the complex artistic and cultural legacy of this realm.” No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. As new in an as new dust-jacket.