Title: Persian pottery in the first global age : the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries /
Authors: Golombek, Lisa.; Mason, Robert B., 1958-; Proctor, Patricia,; Reilly, Eileen,; Golombek, Lisa.
Year: 2014
Subjects: East India Company History.; Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie History.; Pottery, Iranian; Pottery Social aspects Iran History.; Ceramic industries Iran History.; Blue and white ware Iran History.; Porcelain, Chinese Iran History.; Arts and globalization Iran History.; Pottery Social aspects History. Iran; Iran History; Iran Economic conditions.
Abstract: Persian Pottery in the First Global Age: the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries studies the ceramic industry of Iran in the Safavid period (1501-1732) and the impact which the influx of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, heightened by the activities of the English and Dutch East Indies Companies after c. 1700, had on local production. The multidisciplinary approach of the authors (Lisa Golombek, Robert B. Mason, Patricia Proctor, Eileen Reilly) leads to a reconstruction of the narrative about Safavid pottery and revises commonly accepted notions. The book includes easily accessible reference charts to assist in dating and provenancing Safavid pottery on the basis of diagnostic motifs, potters' marks, petrofabrics, shapes, and Chinese models.
Contents: Part I. Safavid pottery and society -- Safavid society and the ceramic industry / Lisa Golombek and Eileen Reilly -- Dominant fashions and distinctive styles / Lisa Golombek -- The measure of faithfulness : the Chinese models for Safavid blue-and-white / Patty Proctor -- The "Kubachi problem" and the Isfahan workshop / Lisa Golombek -- The Safavid workshops and petrographic analysis / Robert B. Mason -- Part II. Identifying Safavid pottery : a guide -- Diagnostic motifs / Lisa Golombek and Eileen Reilly -- Potters' marks / Lisa Golombek, Robert B. Mason and Eileen Reilly -- Shapes study / Eileen Reilly -- Part III. A catalogue of the Safavid pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum -- Appendix A -- Appendix B.