Ceramics from the Islamic world have been fully appreciated by western art historians and collectors, as well as the discerning public, since the early 20th century. Since then important finds have enhanced the role of ceramics as a valuable source in charting the evolution of Islamic artistic culture. In this monumental and magnificently illustrated book, Géza Fehérvári presents the history of ceramics in the Islamic world through a wide and comprehensive collection of objects spanning all periods and regions of the Islamic world.
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"...This catalog does include some fine and unusual objects that will be of interest to specialists." --Journal of Islamic Studies
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Géza Fehérvári is Emeritus Professor of Islamic Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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EVER SINCE THE WORLD OF ISLAM FESTIVAL in 1976 there has been a constant interest in Islamic studies, particularly the arts of that culture, and certainly no aspect of the field is as popular as Islamic pottery. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
composite white fritware, rounded flaring sides, everted sloping rim, coloured ground slip, yellow ground slip, monochrome glazed vessels, epigraphic band, opaque white glazed wares, lustre vessels, ground white slip, raised flat base, yellowish white earthenware, central filling hole, glazed relief ware, olive green lustre, undulating floral scroll, turquoise blue glaze, simple sgraffiato, everted flat rim, straight flaring sides, sgraffiato designs, sgraffiato ware, intertwined scrollwork, turquoise green glaze, underglaze painted ware Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tareq Rajab Museum, Tareq Rajah Museum, Freer Gallery, North Africa, Metropolitan Museum, Tared Rajab Museum, Ashmolean Museum, British Museum, Benaki Museum, Glazed Ceramics of Afghanistan, Oliver Watson, Professor Grube, Arthur Lane, David Collection, Near Eastern, Tared Rajah Museum, Hermitage Museum, Iran Bastan Museum, Tell Minis, Ceramics of Ottoman Turkey, Museum of Islamic Art, National Museum, Early-Islamic Periods, Fath All Shah, Golden Horde New!
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EVER SINCE THE WORLD OF ISLAM FESTIVAL in 1976 there has been a constant interest in Islamic studies, particularly the arts of that culture, and certainly no aspect of the field is as popular as Islamic pottery. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
composite white fritware, rounded flaring sides, everted sloping rim, coloured ground slip, yellow ground slip, monochrome glazed vessels, epigraphic band, opaque white glazed wares, lustre vessels, ground white slip, raised flat base, yellowish white earthenware, central filling hole, glazed relief ware, olive green lustre, undulating floral scroll, turquoise blue glaze, simple sgraffiato, everted flat rim, straight flaring sides, sgraffiato designs, sgraffiato ware, intertwined scrollwork, turquoise green glaze, underglaze painted ware Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tareq Rajab Museum, Tareq Rajah Museum, Freer Gallery, North Africa, Metropolitan Museum, Tared Rajab Museum, Ashmolean Museum, British Museum, Benaki Museum, Glazed Ceramics of Afghanistan, Oliver Watson, Professor Grube, Arthur Lane, David Collection, Near Eastern, Tared Rajah Museum, Hermitage Museum, Iran Bastan Museum, Tell Minis, Ceramics of Ottoman Turkey, Museum of Islamic Art, National Museum, Early-Islamic Periods, Fath All Shah, Golden Horde New!
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- World Ceramics by Robert J. Charleston on 4 pages
- Islamic Tiles (Eastern Art) by Venetia Porter in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Lustre Pottery: Technique, Tradition and Innovation in Islam and the Western World by Alan Caiger-Smith in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Persian Lustre Ware (Faber Monographs on Pottery and Porcelain) by Oliver Watson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Persian Glass by Shinji Fukai in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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