Title: Persian ceramics : from collections of the Asian Art Museum /
Authors: Froom, Aimée; McGill, Forrest, 1947-; Tsuruta, Kazuhiro.; Bayani, Manijeh.; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Publisher: Asian Art Museum, Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Catalogs.; Islamic pottery Iran Catalogs.; Pottery, Ancient Iran Catalogs.; Pottery, Iranian Catalogs.; Iran Antiquities Catalogs.
Abstract: Drawing on the ceramics in the collection of the Asiam Art Museum, this book provides an introduction to the ceramic art of Persia. Objects discussed range from the fourth millennium BCE through the 1800s. 48 exceptional works are discussed in detail and placed in their cultural and historical contexts.
Contents: Ancient Persian ceramics -- Persian ceramics from the seventh through the eleventh century -- Persian ceramics from the twelfth through the fourteenth century -- Later Persian ceramics from the fourteenth through the nineteenth century.