Precious materials : the arts of metal in the medieval Iranian world, 10th-13th centuries /

A historic collection of metal art from ancient Iran, featuring images of more than 150 objects described in detail and fully illustrated, some with X-rays. Medieval metalwork is one of the artistic highlights of the Iranian world, as well as of the Département des Arts de l'Islam at the Louvre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Collinet, Annabelle (Author, Editor, Translator), Bourgarit, David (Author)
Other Authors:	Gibson, Melanie (Editor, Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from French.
Published:	London : Gingko, [2023]
Subjects:	Musée du Louvre. > Département des arts de l'Islam. Art metal-work > Iran > Catalogs. Islamic art metal-work > Iran > Catalogs. Art metal-work > France > Paris > Catalogs. Islamic art metal-work > Iran. Arts du métal > Iran. Arts du métal islamiques > Iran. Arts du métal > Iran > Catalogues. Arts du métal islamiques > Iran > Catalogues. Arts du métal > France > Paris > Catalogues. 900-1299

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 The art of metal in the Iranian world c. 900-1220
Chapter 2 Materials, alloys and techniques / David Bourgarit, Annabelle Collinet
Chapter 3 The art of inlaid metal in Herat
Chapter 4 Production in Ghazna and Khurasan
Chapter 5 The context of the objects.