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Item Details
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GLASS FROM ISLAMIC LANDS
THE AL-SABAH COLLECTION |
| By: |
Stefano Carboni |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£40.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0500976066 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780500976067 |
| Publisher: |
THAMES & HUDSON LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2001 |
| Pages: |
416 |
| Description: |
This work seeks to reveal the splendour of Islamic glass. It is based on the al-Sabah collection in Kuwait. It includes detailed descriptions of some 500 objects. The discussion extends over a thousand years of history from the legacy of Roman and Sasanian traditions to 19th century India and Iran. |
| Synopsis: |
The geographical and chronological range of the glass holdings of the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah is so comprehensive that it allows a detailed study of this neglected medium in the field of Islamic art. With few exceptions, the collection of over 500 complete or nearly complete objects - the great majority published here for the first time - and a representative selection of fragments are studied and illustrated in the present volume, about 250 of which deserve closer attention and are examined in extensive entries; the remainder is fully described without discussion. This work is therefore a useful reference tool as a descriptive catalogue, in addition to providing a better understanding of Islamic glass in general - both in the framework of the Islamic artistic vocabulary and of glass production worldwide. |
| Illustrations: |
345 illustrations, (304 colour ) |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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