Chess and other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands
$76.00
- Hardcover
344 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2018
Summary
Pawns of Kings: Chess and Games from the Islamic World
Among the many treasures of the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, are hundreds of chess and other games pieces dating from the 7th to the 19th centuries CE. Intricately crafted in a rich variety of materials, including ivory, wood, ceramic, glass, jade, and agate, these tiny objects are of enormous historical and artistic significance. They not only mark the evolution of familiar games into their modern forms but also evoke the imper…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500970911 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500970912 |
| Series: | The al-Sabah Collection |
| Author: | Deborah Freeman Fahid |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 2.03kg |
| Dimensions: | 276mm x 219mm |
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Deborah Freeman Fahid
Deborah Freeman Fahid is an independent scholar, and former assistant curator and head of publications at The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait. She has worked in the field of Islamic art since 1995, when she was responsible for Islamic manuscripts and works on paper at Christie’s, King Street, London. She has contributed to a number of catalogues on Islamic manuscripts for a private collection, and to the catalogue for a recent exhibition on chess in Doha. She has edited several catalogues for The al-Sabah Collection, published by Thames & Hudson: Splendors of the Ancient East: Antiquities from The al-Sabah Collection (2013), Persian Painting: The Arts of the Book and Portraiture (2014) and Arts of the Hellenized East: Precious Metalwork and Gems of the Pre-Islamic Era (2015).
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