Cobalt and Lustre: The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery

by Ernst J. Grube, Alastair Northedge, Grube

This first volume of the two-volume catalogue of the Nasser B. Khalili ceramic collection concentrates on the beauty of the work of the early Muslim potters, which holds some of the most attractive and interesting examples known. Among these are several unparalleled masterpieces, and the Collection is particularly rich in Saljuq lustrewares of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries A.D., and in the pottery of the Timurid period. Full color illustrations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197276075
• ISBN13: 9780197276075
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 7.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 10.6" x 14.7"