LEADER 03195cam a2200457Ii 4500001 9994665573506421 005 20240816120424.0 008 151214t20152015enkab bc 001 0 eng d 020 9780500970690 020 0500970696 035 (WORLDWIDE) 81853 035 (NjP)9466557-princetondb 035 (OCoLC)ocn917376009 035 |z(NjP)Voyager9466557 040 ERASA |beng |erda |cERASA |dBTCTA |dBDX |dYDXCP |dYNK |dCAM |dOCLCO |dUAB 043 aw-----a-ku--- 050 4 N5630 |b.C35 2015 082 04 709.38 |223 100 1 Carter, Martha L. |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr92034103 245 10 Arts of the Hellenized East : |bprecious metalwork and gems of the Pre-Islamic era / |cMartha L. Carter ; with contributions by Prudence O. Harper and Pieter Meyers. 264 1 London : |bThames & Hudson Ltd, |c2015. 264 4 |c©2015 300 424 pages : |billustrations (chiefly color), map ; |c29 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 336 still image |bsti |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 520 8 The 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. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-415) and index. 650 0 Art metal-work, Hellenistic |vCatalogs. 651 0 Middle East |xAntiquities |vCatalogs. 650 0 Art, Ancient |zMiddle East |vCatalogs. 610 20 Dār al-Āthār al-Islāmīyah (Kuwait, Kuwait) |vCatalogs. 650 0 Art metal-work |zKuwait |zKuwait |vCatalogs. 655 7 Catalogs. |2lcgft |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026057 700 1 Harper, Prudence Oliver, |econtributor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80145959 700 1 Meyers, Pieter, |d1941- |econtributor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94049589 902 dws |bm |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20160108 904 sla |ba |hm |cb |e20160104 914 (OCoLC)ocn917376009 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20221117 |eprocessed |f917376009