Arts of the Hellenized East : precious metalwork and gems of the Pre-Islamic era
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Arts of the Hellenized East : precious metalwork and gems of the Pre-Islamic era
Thames & Hudson, 2015
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
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Note
"Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, The al-Sabah Colleciton, Kuwait."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-415) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, houses one of the world's most spectacular collections of ancient silver vessels and other objects made of precious metals. Dating from the centuries following Alexander the Great's conquest of Iran and Bactria in the middle of the 4th century BCE up to the advent of the Islamic era, the beautiful bowls, drinking vessels, platters and other objects in this catalogue suggest that some of the best Hellenistic silverwork was not made in the Greek heartlands, but in this eastern outpost of the Seleucid empire. Martha L. Carter connects these far-flung regions from northern Greece to the Hindu Kush, tracing the common cultural threads that link their diverse geography and people. The last part of the catalogue, by Prudence O. Harper, deals with an important group of Sasanian silver vessels and gems, and some other rarities produced in the succeeding centuries for Hunnish and Turkic patrons. The catalogue is accompanied by an essay on the technology of ancient silver production by Pieter Meyers, who has performed a number of scientific tests on the objects, including a new metallurgical analysis that may help to identify their geographical origins.
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah
- Author's Preface * Introduction: Excursus: On the cultural history of the Sasanian Empire in the East * Notes on Proposed Groups in the Entries * Catalogue entries [in four groups] * The Triumph of Dionysos in Asia [illustrated essay by Prudence O. Carter] * Technical Examination of Silver Objects in this Catalogue [by Pieter Meyers] * Cleaning of Ancient Silver in the al-Sabah Collection [by Sophie Budden, head conservator]
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