The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, Fine w/DJ

Komaroff, Linda, and Stefano Carboni (Editors). The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353 (New York; New Haven, CT: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2002).

English, a Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, HC, 4to, 12" x 9 1/4," 322 pp., including illustrations, Bibliography, and Index.

ISBN: 0300096917

Fine black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Covers pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Fine multicolored pictorial paper dust jacket with white lettering on black spine. Dust jacket pristine and intact, protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with illustrations in black-and-white and color. Beautiful exhibition catalogue showcasing more than 200 art objects from the Ilkhanid period of the Mongol Empire during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The artworks represent a diverse range of art disciplines such as calligraphy, painting, jewelry, metalworking, architecture, and interior design. The accompanying exhibition was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from November 5, 2002-February 16, 2003 and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from April 13-July 27, 2003.