Divine jewels : the eye of the collector /

"In an unprecedented literary and artistic collaboration, the world's foremost collector of historical jewels, Kazumi Arikawa, unveils his exceptional collection in Divine Jewels: The Pursuit of Beauty. This exquisite volume is coauthored with Diana Scarisbrick, a leading scholar of jewelr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Arikawa, Kazumi (Author)
Other Authors:	Scarisbrick, Diana (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Paris : Tokyo : Flammarion ; Albion Art Jewelry Institute, [2024]
Edition:	English-language edition.
Subjects:	Jewelry > Collectors and collecting > Catalogs. Jewelry > Private collections > Catalogs. Jewelry > Private collections > Japan > Catalogs. Bijoux > Collectionneurs et collections > Catalogues. Bijoux > Collections privées > Catalogues. Bijoux > Collections privées > Japon > Catalogues.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Truth is adorned by beauty : the pursuit of eternal beauty in jewelry
The realm of the Gods : cameos and intaglios
Antiquity and revival : virtue and beauty
Divinity and devotion : revelations of grace
Power and politics : portraits of sovereigns
Pageantry and power : royal and noble ornaments
Between Heaven and Earth : tiaras
Diamonds : radiance and purity
From the heart of the Earth : the mystique of precious stones
Inspired by nature : capturing ephemeral beauty
Creatures great and small : a bejweled bestiary.