Ceramics from Islamic Lands

Name: Ceramics from Islamic Lands
Brand: The al-Sabah Collection
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By: Oliver Watson

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Paperback | 3 April 2006 | Edition Number 1

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512 Pages

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"This splendid catalog serves as the most current and magnificently illustrated introduction to Islamic ceramics now available. Essential."Choice

Islamic potterythe fine ceramics made in the lands of Islam, from the Arab world and Turkey through Iran and into Central Asiais one of the hidden treasures of world ceramics. It has often been overshadowed by the ceramic legacy of China and Europe, yet it cedes nothing to these great traditions in technical inventiveness and beauty of design. Through close trading links and cultural interchange, Islamic potters have played a crucial role in the development of these other ceramic cultures.

A catalogue of the al-Sabah collection in Kuwaitone of the few truly great collections in private handsthis richly illustrated volume presents a comprehensive history of ceramics from Islamic lands and portrays the unfolding story of Islamic pottery over its thousand-year history.

Over four hundred pieces are described, providing both an examination of individual items and an overall history of the subject. Clear and informative introductory essays cover the study and collecting of Islamic pottery over the past hundred years, and trace its technical and chronological history, from the first fine wares made in the eighth century to the destructive impact of European industrialization in the nineteenth century. The individual objects, illustrated with some nine hundred color pictures, are grouped by type and geographically. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title. 921 color illustrations.

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'Provides a new framework for the understanding of Islamic ceramics ... a definitive work' - Antiques Magazine

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Non-Fiction Arts & Entertainment Art Forms Ceramic Arts Ceramics in Art Design, Industrial & Commercial Arts, Illustration Religion & Beliefs Islam Handicrafts, Decorative Arts & Crafts Pottery, Ceramics & Glass Crafts

Preface	p. 7
Islamic pottery : art, archaeology and collecting	p. 11
Making and designing	p. 23
Ceramic families and technical traditions	p. 35
Islamic pottery to A.D. 1000	p. 45
Islamic pottery A.D. 1000-1400	p. 53
Islamic pottery from A.D. 1400	p. 61
Restoration and faking of Islamic ceramics : case histories	p. 69
Unglazed wares	p. 93
Early "green-glazed" wares	p. 157
Early wares : polychrome glaze-painting	p. 167
Opaque white glazed wares	p. 171
Abbasid lustreware	p. 183
Splashed wares	p. 199
Slip-painted wares	p. 205
Buffwares	p. 247
Iranian incised wares	p. 253
Lustre pottery of the Fatimid period in Egypt	p. 273
Syrian and Egyptian wares : 12th-13th century	p. 289
Iranian fritware : 12th-13th century	p. 303
Bamiyan fritwares	p. 327
Silhouette and underglaze painted wares : Iran 12th-13th century	p. 333
Iranian lustreware : 1170-1220	p. 347
Minai enamel painting : Iran late 12th-early 13th century	p. 363
Wares of the Mongol period in Iran : 13th-14th century	p. 373
Syria and Egypt : 13th-14th century	p. 395
Egyptian wares : 15th century	p. 417
Ottoman pottery : Turkey 16th-18th century	p. 427
Later Iranian pottery : 15th-19th century	p. 449
Indian Mughal ceramics	p. 483
Chinese porcelain	p. 485
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