Studies in the Decorative Arts of the Muslim World [Hardback]

Although Ernst Grube has made the study of painting in the Muslim world a principal concern, he has also dealt with other aspects of Islamic art in some depth. Over the last three decades he has published a large number of studies dealing with specific materials: metal-work, stucco decoration, textiles, and especially pottery. Of the twelve selected articles from these areas of Professor Grube's research published in this volume, six are concerned with pottery, one deals with Ilkhanid stucco work as represented in the mausoleum of the Shaykh Muhammad ibn Bakran, near Isfahan, and four deal with the decorative arts of the Timurid period. This last group is accompanied by an extensive bibliography on Timurid decorative arts which should be particularly welcome as much of this material is difficult to access and much of it is originally in Russian.



All articles are offered here with both additional notes and a considerably enhanced number of illustrations which greatly adds to the interest and value of the original publications.


Contents:

Preface

Pottery: Three Abbasid Ceramic Bowls

Islamic Sculptures: Ceramic Figurines

Some Lustre Tiles from Kashan in American Collections

Some Lustre Painted Tiles from Kashan of the 13th and 14th Centuries

Raqqa Keramik in der Sammlung des Metropolitan Museum in New York

The Art of Islamic Pottery

Islamic Pottery and the Ceramic Arts of the Far East

Ilkhanid Stucco Decoration: Ilkhanid stucco decoration: Notes on the stucco decoration of Pir-i Bakran

The Decorative Arts of the Timurid Period: Notes on the Decorative Arts of the Timurid Period I

Notes on the Decorative Arts of the Timurid Period II

Notes on the Decorative Arts of the Timurid Period III. On a Type of Timurid Pottery Design: The Flying-Bird-Pattern

Notes on the Decorative Arts of the Timurid Period IV

A Bibliography of Timurid Decorative Arts

Additional Notes

Index