內容簡介
內容簡介 探索全球最知名珠寶藏家有川和美多年典藏的珍寶。富比世盛讚他為「你從未知曉、現今世上身價最不凡的在世珠寶收藏家」。從古代到19世紀骨董老件、歐洲皇室珠寶;到梵克雅寶、卡地亞、Boucheron等高端珠寶名牌的傑作皆有之,瀏覽有川和美的收藏,無疑翻閱一部完整的人類珠寶史。Discover the dazzling treasures of one of the world’s most prominent jewelry collectors, hailed by Forbes as “the man with the most valuable jewelry collection you never knew existed.”This volume illuminates the vision of Kazumi Arikawa, a Japanese collector and dealer, and the founder and president of Albion Art. Throughout his career, he has pursued the world’s most dazzling gems, acquiring rare pieces from all eras with incomparable artistic and historical value, including an important number of royal jewels from across Europe and the largest collection of historical tiaras.For Kazumi Arikawa, who spent several years as a Buddhist monk, jewelry art is a spiritual journey―an exaltation of emotions and a celebration of universal beauty, which he has made it his mission to spread across the world through publications and exhibitions. In Japanese culture, this veneration of beauty is closely linked to the purity of the soul.Featuring a catalog of works curated by acclaimed jewelry historian Diana Scarisbrick, as well as all-new photography by Nils Herrmann, this volume presents for the first time 250 treasured pieces that have passed through the skilled hands of this unique collector, including a selection of masterpieces now held in the Qatar Museums collections.
作者介紹
作者介紹 Kazumi ArikawaKazumi Arikawa is the founder and president of Albion Art.Diana ScarisbrickDiana Scarisbrick is an art historian specialized in glyptics and jewelry. She has curated major exhibitions on jewelry history, including Tiara (Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2000), and is the renowned author of numerous books on jewelry and art.Nils HerrmannNils Herrmann is a German photographer specializing in fine jewelry and design.