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050	0	0	_aNK6407.3 _b.C37 2015
100	1		_aCarter, Martha L.
245	1	0	_aArts of the Hellenized East : _bprecious metalwork and gems of the Pre-Islamic era / _cMartha L. Carter ; with contributions by Prudence O. Harper, Pieter Meyers.
260			_aNew York : _bThames & Hudson, _c2015.
300			_a424 p. : _bill. ; _c29 cm.
500			_a"Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, The al-Sabah Colleciton, Kuwait."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 404-415) and index.
520	8		_aThe al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, houses one of the 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 middle 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 some of the best Hellenistic silverwork was 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 part of the catalogue, by Prudence O. Harper, deals with an important group of Sasanian silver vessels and gems, and some other rarities produced in the succeeding centuries for Hunnish and Turkic patrons. The catalogue is accompanied by an essay on the technology of ancient silver production by Pieter Meyers, who has performed a number of scientific tests on the objects, including a new metallurgical analysis that may help to identify their geographical origins.
610	2	4	_aمجموعة الصباح (الكويت) _vفهارس.
650		0	_aArt metal-work, Hellenistic _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aArt, Ancient _zMiddle East _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aArt metal-work _zKuwait _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aArt, Hellenistic.
650		0	_aGems, Hellenistic.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xAntiquities _vCatalogs.
700	1		_aHarper, Prudence Oliver.
700	1		_aMeyers, Pieter, _d1941-
710	2		_aمجموعة الصباح (الكويت)
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