Cycles of life : rings from the Benjamin Zucker family collection / Sandra Hindman ; with Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, Reine Hadjadj, Jack Ogden and Diana Scarisbrick; essay by Benjamin Zucker
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Physical description:
267 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2014
Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Les Enluminures, New York, N.Y., October 30-December 2014.
CHMNK copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment.
Summary:
An unparalleled collection of rings dating from the 3rd to the 19th century, presenting not chronology but rather grouped into timeless themes - birth, love, betrothal, marriage, mourning and death - thereby achieving greater insight about the beliefs, sentiments, status, and practices of their former owners.0Exhibition: Les Enluminures, New York, USA (31.10-06.12.2014).
