Hardback with jacket, colour photographs. This stunning book showcases the largest collection of ancient jewelled objects ever assembled, with sparkling photography and history throughout.Jewelry aficionado, and president of America's National Jewelry Institute, Judith Price has compiled a collection of the most stunning ancient objects ever assembled. Pieces on loan come from the Berlin Museum, the Louvre, the British Museum, the Islamic collection at the Metropolitan Museum, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and the Princeton Museum are thousands of years old, some from as far back as 4,000 BCE.The gorgeous artifacts originated in the ancient times of Mesopotamia, Persia, Levant, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic world, and are of incomparable worth. The book will be supported by a major exhibit of the collection.
