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Cobalt and Lustre: The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) - 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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COBALT AND LUSTRE The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery. The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art Vol.IX
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Oxford 1995. 9781874780588, 1995
ISBN 10: 1874780587
ISBN 13: 9781874780588
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 355x255mm. 348pp with 327 colour and 295 b/w line drawings. Cloth, fine in fine dustwrapper and lightly stained slipcase. The first of two volumes explores the work of early Muslim potters including masterpieces of Seljuq lustrewares of the 12th and 13th centuries and from the Timurid period. Heavy book, 3.8 kilos unpacked, extra postage may be required. Seller Inventory # 436
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Cobalt and Lustre: The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery
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Nour Foundation / Azimuth Editions / Oxford University Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 1874780587
ISBN 13: 9781874780588
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Volume IX. Folio. 348 pp. Blue cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Mild bump to base of spine, resulting in subtle creasing to extreme gutter margins of first hundred or so pages, small faint spot to fore-edge. Touch of wrinkling to jacket at head of spine, slightest rubbing and shelfwear. Seller Inventory # x05889
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