The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Museum Nesting Dolls

32,00 USD

Description

Give an artful gift from The Met. This set of five nesting dolls celebrates the diversity of The Met collection. Each doll represents a different curatorial area with reference to a treasure in the Museum's holdings. From the Asian art collection is a dazzling late 18th-early 19th-century Japanese robe called an uchikake, embroidered with peonies, plum blossoms, and butterflies; a work of 18th-century French costume armor in the Classical style recalls the magnificence of arms and armor across cultures and through time; a late 19th-century child's robe attributed to India exemplifies the rich artisanship found throughout the Islamic art galleries; a Middle Kingdom estate figure (ca. 1981-1975 B. C.) decorated with a colorful feather-pattern dress embodies the rich symbolism of ancient Egyptian art; and a timeless Inca tunic (1460-1626) with a striking checkerboard motif evokes the ancient American splendors in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.