Full Description
Persian Pottery in the First Global Age: the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries studies the ceramic industry of Iran in the Safavid period (1501-1732) and the impact which the influx of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, heightened by the activities of the English and Dutch East Indies Companies after c. 1700, had on local production.
The multidisciplinary approach of the authors (Lisa Golombek, Robert B. Mason, Patricia Proctor, Eileen Reilly) leads to a reconstruction of the narrative about Safavid pottery and revises commonly accepted notions. The book includes easily accessible reference charts to assist in dating and provenancing Safavid pottery on the basis of diagnostic motifs, potters' marks, petrofabrics, shapes, and Chinese models.
Contents
Preface
Conventions
Collections Cited
List of Important Dates
Maps
Introduction
Part I: Safavid Pottery and Society
Chapter One: Safavid Society and the Ceramic Industry
Iran under the Safavids (Lisa Golombek)
The Dynamics of Supply and Demand (Lisa Golombek)
The Potter
Chinese Porcelain in Safavid Iran
The Markets for Safavid Pottery
The Safavid Potter and the First Global Age
The Object: Shapes and Functions of Safavid Pottery (Lisa Golombek and Eileen Reilly)
Chapter Two: Dominant Fashions and Distinctive Styles: A History of the Ceramic Industry in Safavid Iran (Lisa Golombek)
China at the Door: The Sixteenth Century
China in the House: The Seventeenth Century
Phase I: 1615-1640
Phase II: 1640-1650
Phase III: 1650-1680
Phase IV: 1680-1722
Chapter Three: The Measure of Faithfulness: the Chinese Models for Safavid Blue-and-White (Patricia Proctor)
Chapter Four: The "Kubachi Problem" (Lisa Golombek)
The "Kubachi Problem"
The Isfahan/ Qumisheh Workshop
Chapter Five: The Safavid Workshops and Petrographic Analysis (Robert B. Mason)
Part II: Identifying Safavid Pottery - A Guide
Chapter Six: Diagnostic Motifs (Lisa Golombek and Eileen Reilly)
6.1 Rims: Sixteenth Century
6.2 Backs: Sixteenth Century
6.3 Backs: Seventeenth Century
6.4 Rims: Isfahan, Seventeenth Century
Chapter Seven: Potters' Marks (Lisa Golombek and Robert B. Mason, and Eileen Reilly)
7.1 Seal-marks
7.2 Tassel-marks
7.3 Character-marks
Chapter Eight: Form Study (Eileen Reilly)
Part III: Catalogue of Safavid Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum (Lisa Golombek)
[images approx. 50 pp.]
Appendices
Appendix A
Dated vessels
Dated tiles
Appendix B
Concordance of the Safavid Ceramics Project Numbers
Bibliography
