Persian Pottery in the First Global Age; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Collections Cited; Important Dates; Maps; Photo Credits; Introduction; Part I: Safavid Pottery and Society; 1. Safavid Society and the Ceramic Industry; 2. Dominant Fashions and Distinctive Styles; 3. The Measure of Faithfulness: the Chinese Models for Safavid Blue-and-White; 4. The "Kubachi Problem" and the Isfahan Workshop; 5. The Safavid Workshops and Petrographic Analysis; Part II: Identifying Safavid Pottery -- a Guide; 6. Diagnostic Motifs; 7. Potters' Marks; 8. Shapes Study
Part III: A Catalogue of the Safavid Pottery in the Royal Ontario MuseumAppendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index
Summary
In Persian Pottery in the First Global Age: the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries the authors, L. Golombek, R.B. Mason, P. Proctor, and E. Reilly, challenge the commonly accepted narrative regarding Safavid pottery workshops and chronology and relate changes to historical context
