Ceramics from Islamic lands
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Ceramics from Islamic lands
Thames & Hudson, 2005
- : pbk.
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"In association with the al-Sabah collection Dar al Athar al -Islamiyyah, Kuwait National Museum
Includes bibliographical references (p. 494-506) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this richly illustrated volume, Oliver Watson presents a comprehensive history of ceramics from Islamic lands. Clear and informative essays examine the art, archaeology and collecting of Islamic pottery, ceramic families and technical traditions, and Islamic pottery over five centuries. This is an important book that provides a whole new framework for the understanding and study of Islamic ceramics, and will be of great interest to the general reader as well as being an invaluable reference work for the student and specialist.
Table of Contents
- 1. Islamic Pottery: Art, Archaeology and Collecting
- 2. Making and Designing
- 3. Ceramic Families and Technical Traditions
- 4. Islamic Pottery to ad 1000
- 5. Islamic Pottery ad 1000 - 1400
- 6. Islamic Pottery from AD 1400
- 7. Restoration and Faking of Islamic Ceramics: Case Histories
- The Catalogue
- Table of Concordance of Inventory Numbers and Catalogue Numbers
- Bibliography, Glossary & Index.
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