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Pearl

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Brand: Reaktion Books
SKU: 9781789146219
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ISBN: 9781789146219

Natureâs Perfect Gem

Contributor(s): Fiona Lindsay Shen Author Format: Hardback

Hardback · ISBN 9781789146219

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ISBN	9781789146219
Subtitle	Natureâs Perfect Gem
Publisher	Reaktion Books
Publication date	October 2022
Language	English
MRP	£32.00 GBP
Page count	288

This is a beautifully illustrated account of pearls through millennia, from fossils to contemporary jewellery. Pearls are the most human of gems, both miraculous and familiar. Uniquely organic in origin, they are as intimate as our bodies, created through the same process by which we grow bones and teeth. They have long been described as an animal’s sacrifice, but until recently their retrieval often entailed the sacrifices of enslaved and indentured divers and labourers. While the shimmer of the pearl has enticed Roman noblewomen, Mughal princes, Hollywood royalty, mavericks and renegades, encoded in its surface is a history of human endeavour, abuse and aspiration – pain locked in the layers of a gleaming gem.

Pearl

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Fiona Lindsay Shen Author

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