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Ernst J. Grube, with contributions by Manijeh Bayani, Derek
Kennet, Peter Morgan, Nahla Nassar, Alastair Northedge and Cristina
Tonghini
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Professor Dr Ernst J. Grube is Professor Emeritus, University
of Venice, and President of the Islamic Art Foundation, New York;
he is the author of several publications on all aspects of Islamic
art, especially painting and ceramics.
Manijeh Bayani is a specialist in Arabic and Persian epigraphy,
London, working extensively on primary sources from Iran.
Derek Kennet is an archaeologist working in India and the Middle
East, and Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, Durham University.
Peter Morgan is currently preparing a D.Phil. on Ilkhanid ceramics
at Wolfson College, Oxford.
Nahla Nassar is Acting Curator and Registrar of the Khalili Collection,
with special interest in metalwork and the arts of the Jazira.
Dr Alastair Northedge is Mâitre des ConfÔø‡rences at the Université
de Paris IV, who directed and published the excavations of the citadel
in Amman; he is currently preparing a 4-volume series on Samarra.
Dr Cristina Tonghini participated in the French and German Archaeological
Missions in Syria, and is an expert on the ceramics of that country.
DETAILS
348 pages; fully illustrated in colour; numerous line drawings;
section on inscriptions
35.5 x 25.5 cm
hardback with dust jacket (slipcased)
1995
1-874780-58-7
£89 $180
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