Collection of books and catalogues on Islamic ceramics and metalwork
to include 'The world of the Fatimids', edited by Assadullah Souren Melokian-Chirvani, Aga Khan Museum, in association with The Institute of Islami Studies and Hirmer, first published in Canada and Germany in 2018 by Aga Khan Museum, Toronto; 'Metalwork Treasures from the Islamic Courts', James Allan with a contribution by Francis Maddison, published to coincide with the exhibition Metalwork Treasures from the Islamic Courts, Doha, Qatar, 21-29 March 2002, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, in conjunction with The Islamic Art Society, London 2002; Benaki Museum Athens, 'Early Islamic Ceramics, Ninth to Late Twelfth Centuries' Helen Philon, Volume I, Islamic Art Publications, Distributed by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, First published 1980 by Islamic Art Publications S.A. and 'Masterpieces of Western Ceramic Art', Vol IV, Islamic Pottery, Robert J. Charleston, Kodansha, 1979, Tokyo (4)
Provenance: the late Oliver Watson (1949-2023), Emeritus Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture and curator of Islamic Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and the School of Oriental Studies, London
Sold for £140
Estimated at £80 - £120
Collection of books and catalogues on Islamic ceramics and metalwork
to include 'The world of the Fatimids', edited by Assadullah Souren Melokian-Chirvani, Aga Khan Museum, in association with The Institute of Islami Studies and Hirmer, first published in Canada and Germany in 2018 by Aga Khan Museum, Toronto; 'Metalwork Treasures from the Islamic Courts', James Allan with a contribution by Francis Maddison, published to coincide with the exhibition Metalwork Treasures from the Islamic Courts, Doha, Qatar, 21-29 March 2002, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, in conjunction with The Islamic Art Society, London 2002; Benaki Museum Athens, 'Early Islamic Ceramics, Ninth to Late Twelfth Centuries' Helen Philon, Volume I, Islamic Art Publications, Distributed by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, First published 1980 by Islamic Art Publications S.A. and 'Masterpieces of Western Ceramic Art', Vol IV, Islamic Pottery, Robert J. Charleston, Kodansha, 1979, Tokyo (4)
Provenance: the late Oliver Watson (1949-2023), Emeritus Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture and curator of Islamic Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and the School of Oriental Studies, London
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Auction: Asian, Indian & Islamic Art, 6th Nov, 2024
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