COBALT AND LUSTRE: The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL IX) - Hardcover
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This is the first of a two-volume catalogue of the ceramic holdings in the Khalili Collection - nearly 2,000 objects that represent over a millennium of production from all over the Muslim world. It concentrates on the beauty of the work of the early Muslim potters through a selection of 406 items. The Collection contains many remarkable objects, including masterpieces with few, if any, parallels. Amongst these is a 9th-century relief-decorated dish, one of only a dozen in existence and arguably the most beautiful; an underglaze painted openwork ewer from Iran - a technical tour-de-force with only one known counterpart; and a signed bottle which is the earliest known dated ceramic from Iran. The various wares produced from the 7th to the 13th centuries are discussed at length in art historical and technical essays which incorporate the latest archaeological evidence. The items are illustrated in colour, with profile and detail drawings; the decipherable inscriptions are reproduced with translations; and a full scholarly apparatus provides references to comparative items and to further reading.
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Ernst J. Grube, Professor Emeritus, University of Venice; President, The Islamic Art Foundation, New York.
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Cobalt and lustre : the first centuries of Islamic pottery (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume 9)
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus Near Fine. Book measures 36.5x26.5.cm. 348pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition. Internally, pages clean, unread. House in publishers slipcase. Case rubbed, some abrasion wear, marking. A near fine copy, in a good case. Size: Large Quarto. Seller Inventory # 015887
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Cobalt and lustre : the first centuries of Islamic pottery (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, 9)
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. owner's plate. review loosely inserted. 348 pages : colour illustrations ; 37 cm. Issued in a slip case. Contents: Pottery of the Umayyad and Abbasid Periods / Ernst J. Grube The Samarra horizon / Alastair Northedge and Derek Kennet Abbasid opaque white-glazed wares / Peter Morgan The Pottery of Khurasan / Ernst J. Grube Samanid pottery. Types and techniques / Peter Morgan Sgraffiato Wares / Ernst J. Grube Sgraffiato. Types and distribution / Peter Morgan Monochrome-Glazed Wares of the Pre-Saljuq Period / Ernst J. Grube Fatimid Pottery / Ernst J. Grube Iranian Stone-Paste Pottery of the Saljuq Period / Ernst J. Grube Iranian stone-paste pottery of the Saljuq period. Types and techniques / Peter Morgan The Fine Wares of Ayyubid Syria / Cristina Tonghini Bamiyan and Afghan Wares / Peter Morgan and Nahla Nasser Inscriptions: readings and translations by Manijeh Bayani. Seller Inventory # soas4to306
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