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The Tsars and the East: Gifts from Turkey and Iran in the Moscow Kremlin
Alexy Levykin
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Hardback. Accompanying the Smithsonian Institutions major exhibition, this book features more than sixty objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions and trade delegations from Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran offered to the Tsars of Russia. It explores the reasons why these extraordinary gifts were presented, their artistic and cultural impact. Editor(s): Levykin, Alexey Konstantinovich. Num Pages: 160 pages, 107 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 263 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1462.
Published to accompany the Smithsonian Institution’s major exhibition, this book features more than sixty exceptional objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions and trade delegations from Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran offered to the tsars of Russia. Ranging in date from the early sixteenth to the late seventeenth century, these lavish gifts and tributes include rarely seen arms and armour and jeweled ceremonial vessels and regalia intended for the Russian court or the Orthodox church. Some of the finest pieces are equestrian in nature: stirrups with pearls, golden bridles with turquoises and rubies, and saddles covered with velvet and silk. This ... Read more
Published to accompany the Smithsonian Institution’s major exhibition, this book features more than sixty exceptional objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions and trade delegations from Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran offered to the tsars of Russia. Ranging in date from the early sixteenth to the late seventeenth century, these lavish gifts and tributes include rarely seen arms and armour and jeweled ceremonial vessels and regalia intended for the Russian court or the Orthodox church. Some of the finest pieces are equestrian in nature: stirrups with pearls, golden bridles with turquoises and rubies, and saddles covered with velvet and silk. This ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
1461g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500514979
SKU
V9780500514979
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About Alexy Levykin
Dr. Alexey Konstantinovich Levykin is Scientific Director of the Kremlin Museum.
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