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Book Review
Metalwork from the Arab World and the Mediterranean (The al-Sabah Collection / Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah)
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1033-1036
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Reviewer:
Ward, Rachel (Ward, Rachel)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
museums and institutions:
al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait
subjects:
Islamic art / Metalwork / Collections
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Metalwork from the Arab World and the Mediterranean (The al-Sabah Collection / Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah) By Doris Behrens-Abouseif. 340 pp. incl. 350 col. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2021), £50. ISBN 978–0–500–97111–6. | :
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Non-western art unattributed:
2. Jug. Baalbek, Syria, 739–40. Copper alloy (cast), inlaid with silver and copper, height 33.5 cm. (al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait).
Book Review
Early Islamic Textiles from Along the Silk Road
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 379-380
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Reviewer:
Cabrera Lafuente, Ana (Cabrera Lafuente, Ana)
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places:
Silk Road
subjects:
Islamic / Textiles / al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Early Islamic Textiles from Along the Silk Road By Friedrich Spuhler. 400 pp. incl. 500 col. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2020),  50. ISBN 978–0–500–97084–3. | :
Book Review
Chess and Other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands (The al-Sabah Collection / Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah)
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 372-373
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Reviewer:
Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait
subjects:
Chess / Islamic sculpture / Games
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chess and Other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands (The al-Sabah Collection / Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah) By Deborah Freeman Fahid. 344 pp. incl. over 300 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2018),  45. ISBN 978–0–500–97091–1. | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Knight (faras) chess piece. Probably Nishapur, eastern Iran, 8th to 9th century. Alabaster, height 4.9 cm. (The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. King (shah) chess piece. Iraq or Khurasan, 9th to early 10th century. Rock crystal, height 6.8 cm. (The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait).
Book Review
Precious Indian Weapons and Other Princely Accoutrements. By Salam Kaoukji; Rajput Arms & Armour: The Rathores & Their Armoury at Jodhpur Fort. By Robert Elgood
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 880-882
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Reviewer:
Bijl, Arthur (Bijl, Arthur)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Jodhpur, Maharajah of / al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait
subjects:
Weapons / Armour / Collections / Indian / Islamic
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Precious Indian Weapons and Other Princely Accoutrements By Salam Kaoukji. 504 pp. incl. 538 col. + 1 b. & w. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2017), $50. ISBN 978–0–500–97081–2. Rajput Arms & Armour: The Rathores & Their Armoury at Jodhpur Fort By Robert Elgood. Two vols, 1024 pp. incl. 851 col. + 9 b. & w. ills. (Niyogi Books, New Delhi, 2017), £200. ISBN 978–93–85285–70–7. | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Goat-head knife. Mughal dominions, c.1600–50. Hilt carved from nephrite jade, eyes inlaid with gold and set with rubies (at a later date?), blade of jawhar steel, overlaid with two colours of gold, length 27.5 cm. (Photograph Muhammad Ali and Robert Lorenzo).