Ceramics From Islamic Land

Description:
In this richly illustrated volume, Oliver Watson presents a comprehensive history of ceramics from Islamic lands. Clear and informative essays examine the art, archaeology and collecting of Islamic pottery, ceramic families and technical traditions, and Islamic pottery over five centuries. This is an important book that provides a whole new framework for the understanding and study of Islamic ceramics, and will be of great interest to the general reader, as well as being an invaluable reference work for the student and specialist.

Table of Contents:
1. Islamic Pottery: Art, Archaeology and Collecting; 2. Making and Designing; 3. Ceramic Families and Technical Traditions; 4. Islamic Pottery to ad 1000; 5. Islamic Pottery ad 1000 - 1400; 6. Islamic Pottery from AD 1400; 7. Restoration and Faking of Islamic Ceramics: Case Histories; The Catalogue; Table of Concordance of Inventory Numbers and Catalogue Numbers; Bibliography, Glossary & Index.

Author Biography:
Dr Oliver Watson is an expert on Islamic pottery on which he has written extensively. Formerly Chief Curator of the Department of Ceramics and Glass at the Victoria and Albert Museum, he is currently Chief Curator at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar.