Metalwork from the Arab World and the Mediterranean (Hardcover)

Foreword by Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ? Acknowledgements ? 1. The Legacy of Late Antiquity (4th to 8th centuries ? 2. Before Mosul: Metalwork in the Mediterranean World (7th to 12th centuries) ? 3. The Rise of Nobility in Metalware (12th to 13th centuries) ? 4. The Formation of a Mamluk Style in the Bahri Period (1250-1380s): The Transitional Style; The Epigraphic Style; Engraved Vessels ? 5. The Predominance of Engraving in the Circassian Era (1380s-1517): Continuity and New Production; Late Mamluk Refinement ? 6. The Export Style (late 15th to early 16th century): The Arabesque Group of Export Ware; The Knot-Work Group of Export Ware ? 7. Metalwork from Yemen (14th to 16th centuries) ? 8. Post-Mamluk, Neo-Mamluk and Ottoman Metalware (1517-1900s): Post-Mamluk and Neo-Mamluk Wares; Ottoman and Ottoman Fusion ? 9. Zoomorphic Finials and Fittings