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Islamic Ceramics

A select catalogue of the Ashmolean's collection of ceramics from the Islamic world from the 9th to 18th century, by James Allen (published Oxford, 1991).

Islamic ceramics, by James W. Allan
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Select bibliography

J.W. Allan, Medieval Middle Eastern Pottery, Ashmolean Museum 1971.

J.W. Allan, Abu'l-Qasim's treatise on ceramics, Iran Vol. 11 (1973) pp. 111-120.

A. Caiger-Smith, Tin-Glaze Pottery, London 1973.

A. Caiger-Smith, Lustre Pottery, London 1985.

Eastern Ceramics and other works of art from the collection of Gerald Reitlinger; Ashmolean Museum 1981.

G. Fehérvári, Islamic Pottery. A comprehensive study based on the Barlow Collection, London 1973.

A. Lane, Early Islamic Pottery, London 1947.

A. Lane, Later Islamic Pottery, London 1957.

V. Porter, Medieval Syrian Pottery, Ashmolean Museum 1981.

J. Soustiel, La céramique islamique, Paris 1985.

Oliver Watson, Persian Lustre Ware, London 1985.

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