Description
Book SynopsisA collection of studies by Ralph Pinder-Wilson on Islamic art, focusing on decorative arts like pottery, bronze, jade and glass. It covers early Islamic glass, lustre ware, Norman Sicilian ivories, Persian bronzes, Mughal India, Afghan art. It includes papers on Islamic constellations and the evolution of Persian gardens' influence on visual arts.
Table of ContentsPreface
The Illuminations in the Cairo Moshe b.-Asher Codex of the Prophets
A Persian Translation of the Mahabharata: a Note on the Miniatures
Persian Painting of the Fifteenth Century
An illustrated Mughal Manuscript from Ahmadabad
Three illustrated Manuscripts of the Mughal Period
Tughras of Suleyman the Magnificent
The Minaret of Mas'ud III at Ghazni
Le Mihrab décoré de Darra-i-Shakh
A Persian jade Cup
An inscribed jade Cup from Samarqand: Glass in China during the T'ang Period
Cut glass Vessels from Mesopotamia
Two drinking Flasks from Asia
An early Fatimid Bowl decorated in Lustre
A lustre relief Dish of the early Islamic Period
An ivory Casket from Norman Sicily
The Reliquary of St. Petroc and the Ivories of Norman Sicily
A silver Ladle and Amulet Case
An Islamic Ewer in Sasanian Style
Two Persian bronze Buckets
A Persian bronze Mortar of the Mongol Period
The Persian Garden: Bagh and Chahar Bagh
The Malcolm Celestial Globe
Additional Notes
Index
