Nishapur
Subtitle: metalwork of the early Islamic period
By: James W. Allan.
Contributors: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Metal-work, Islamic -- Iran -- Nīshāpūr -- Catalogs; Metal-work -- Iran -- Nīshāpūr -- Catalogs; Islamic antiquities -- Iran -- Nīshāpūr -- Catalogs; Nīshāpūr (Iran) -- Antiquities -- Catalogs
Description: The city of Nishapur, located in eastern Iran, was a place of political importance in medieval times and a flourishing center of art, crafts, and trade. This publication explores metalwork found at the site at Nishapur excavated by the Iranian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum in 1935{u2013}40 and again in 1947. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 111-117.
Includes index.