Published in conjunction with its namesake Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition (September 16, 1998-February 28, 1999), this finely illustrated catalogue providing context to pre-Columbian works of jade tempts one to see the originals from Costa Rica's Museo del Jade Marco Fidel Tristan Castro and elsewhere. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Published in conjunction with its namesake Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition (September 16, 1998-February 28, 1999), this finely illustrated catalogue providing context to pre-Columbian works of jade tempts one to see the originals from Costa Rica's Museo del Jade Marco Fidel Tristan Castro and elsewhere. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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VG (Few marks and labels from ex-museum library owner; otherwise pristine. ) Green & color illus. wraps, 127 pp., many color illus. "An exhibition that illustrates a particular moment in Precolumbian America when a group of works of art takes on a special and traditional singularity. The jades presented here, made over the course of about a thousand years in an area that today is chiefly northern and central Costa Rica, are precious, intimate objects, lustrous in surface, intricate in image, and totally personal in intent." Lavishly illustrated, with essays by Juan Vicente Guerrero M., Mark Miller Graham, Michael J. Snarskis, and Zulay Soto Mendez. NOTE: This is one of the original paperbacks from the Metropolitan's exhibition; it is NOT a print-on-demand publication or an ebook.
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New. 0870998781. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--128 pp. With 164 ills. (107 col. ). 28 x 22 cm. --with a bonus offer--
