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Arts of the Hellenized East: Precious Metalwork and Gems of the Pre-Islamic Era

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A sumptuous survey of silver and other precious objects originating over several centuries in the Middle East and Mediterranean, from the prestigious al-Sabah Collection

The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, houses one of the most world’s most spectacular collections of ancient silver vessels and other objects made of precious metals. Dating from the centuries following Alexander the Great’s conquest of Iran and Bactria in the course of the 4th century BCE up to the advent of the Islamic era, the beautiful bowls, drinking vessels, platters and other objects in this catalogue suggest that one of the crucial best Hellenistic silverwork was once not made in the Greek heartlands, but in this eastern outpost of the Seleucid empire. Martha L. Carter connects these far-flung regions from northern Greece to the Hindu Kush, tracing the common cultural threads that link their diverse geography and people. The last a part of the catalogue, by Prudence O. Harper, deals with a very powerful group of Sasanian silver vessels and gems, and a few other rarities produced in the succeeding centuries for Hunnish and Turkic patrons. The catalogue is accompanied by an essay at the technology of ancient silver production by Pieter Meyers, who has performed plenty of scientific tests at the objects, including a new metallurgical analysis that may assist to identify their geographical origins. 350+ color illustrations

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