Raqqa revisited ceramics of Ayyubid Syria Marilyn Jenkins-Madina

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Jenkins, Marilyn, 1940- author.

Contributor:

Yoltar-Yıldırım, Ayşin, writer of supplementary textual content.

Smith, Dylan, writer of supplementary textual content.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)--Catalogs.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).

Raqqa ware--Catalogs.

Raqqa ware.

Islamic pottery--Syria--Raqqah--Catalogs.

Islamic pottery.

Pottery, Medieval--Syria--Raqqah--Catalogs.

Pottery, Medieval.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria--Raqqah.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Pottery--New York (State)--New York--Catalogs.

Pottery.

Antiquities.

Syria--Antiquities--Catalogs.

Syria.

New York (State)--New York.

Syria--Raqqah.

Genre:

Catalogs

Collection catalogs

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) illustrations (chiefly color), map

Place of Publication:

New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art New Haven Yale University Press [2006]

Summary:

"What follows in these pages is the chronicle of ceramic objects unearthed in Raqqa in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, Curator Emerita of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum, describes the dramatic journey of these ceramics from their discovery in the medieval city to the emporiums of Paris and New York, the drawing rooms of the great collectors, and the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum. Using art-historical detective work, archival documents, and scientific data, the author convincingly establishes provenance and dating, placing these objects - some of the most exquisite ever produced by Islamic potters - in a secure historical context for the first time."--Jacket

Contents:

Introduction

The lore and lure of Raqqa

Raqqa demythologized

The rejects of Raqqa

Raqqa ceramics in The metropolitan museum of art

Patterns, profiles, and provenance

The period of production

Epilogue

Appendix 1. The Ottoman response to illicit digging in Raqqa / Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım

Appendix 2. Compositional analysis of early-thirteenth-century ceramics from Raqqa and related sites / Dylan T. Smith

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-242) and index

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Raqqa revisited

OCLC:

864829626