GLASS FROM ISLAMIC LANDS by Stefano Carboni, Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ( 9780500976074 )

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Title:

GLASS FROM ISLAMIC LANDS
THE AL-SABAH COLLECTION AT THE KUWAIT NATIONAL MUSEUM

By:

Stefano Carboni, Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

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ISBN 10:

0500976074

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9780500976074

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Publisher:

THAMES & HUDSON LTD

Pub. date:

4 March, 2002

Pages:

416

Description:

This survey of Islamic glass is based on the al-Sabah collection in Kuwait. The work provides close attention to 250 of the glass objects while the remainder are described without discussion. Objects are included from the late 6th century to the 19th century.

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.

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345 illustrations, 304 in colour

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Thames & Hudson Ltd

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