Glass from Islamic Lands

The al-Sabah Collection at the Kuwait National Museum

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ISBN: 9780500976074 Category:

Stefano Carboni

Description

This is the first major study of the subject in over seventy years. In a triumph of scholarship, Stefano Carboni has drawn on a huge range of sources to produce a beautiful and comprehensive history.

The book is based on the superb al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait and includes detailed descriptions of some 500 objects, accompanied by hundreds of newly taken photographs and specially commissioned drawings. Beginning with the legacy of Roman and Sasanian traditions in the early years of Islam, the coverage extends well over a thousand years to the last phase of glass production in Mughal India and Safavid and Qajar Iran in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Dr Carboni’s authoritative text, the beauty of the objects themselves and the fine quality of the reproductions combine to reveal to scholar and layman alike an aspect of Islamic art that has for too long been neglected.

Additional information

Weight 1959 g
Dimensions 22 x 27.8 cm
Publisher name The al-Sabah Collection
Publication date 9 April 2002
Number of pages 416
Format Paperback / softback
Dimensions 22 x 27.8 cm
Weight 1959 g

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Stefano Carboni is Associate Curator, Department of Islamic Art, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.