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A dish from the Cantagalli workshop in the British Museum
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 816-823
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Author:
Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
Subjects
art literature:
Robinson, J.C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913 / Franks, Augustus Wollaston / Fortnum, Charles Drury
artists:
Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel / Beaumont, Adalbert de / Delacroix, Eugène / Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton / De Morgan, William / Vollon, Antoine
collectors and dealers:
Wallace, Richard, Sir, 1818-1890 / Stibbert, Frederick / Schwiter, Baron Louis-Auguste / Nieuwerkerke, Alfred Emilien
dates:
1850-1899 / 2010-2019
media:
Maiolica / Ceramics / Drawings / Watercolours / Interiors
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain / Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain / Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France / Musée national de céramique, Sévres, France / Bethnal Green Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Italy / Florence / Turkey / Iznik
subjects:
Damascus Pottery (Iznik) / Cantagalli manufactory, Florence, Italy / Workshops (Organisations) / Plates / Dishes / Colour / Ornament / Pigments / Glazes / Fatimid pottery syles / Valencian / Mamluk / Islamic / Ottoman / Orientalism / Pottery / Decorative arts / Collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Gifts / Bequests / Art museums / Catalogues / Provenance / Visual sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Iznik-style dish, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. c.1890–95. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 41 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
2. Reverse of the dish illustrated in Fig.1, showing the cockerel mark for the Cantagalli workshop.
Attributed works:
3. Iznik-style dish with scalloped edge and floral sprays, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. c.1899. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 39 cm. (Stibbert Museum, Florence).
Attributed works:
5. Iznik-style vase, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. 1883. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 57 cm. (Stibbert Museum, Florence).
Attributed works:
8. Curiosités, by Antoine Vollon. 1868. Canvas, 264 by 192 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
9. The sixteenth-century room at Hertford House, London, looking north, by J.J.Thomson. c.1890. Photograph. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Iznik rimless dish with flower sprays, Iznik, Ottoman Turkey. c.1550. Fritware painted in underglaze blues, green and mauve, diameter 33.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Iznik dish with peahen amid prunus branches, Iznik, Ottoman Turkey. c.1580–90. Fritware painted in underglaze blue, green and red, diameter 47.4 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Western art unattributed:
7. The comte de Nieuwerkerke’s collections in his private apartments in the Louvre, unknown photographer. c.1865. Stereoscopic glass negative. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Publication Received
Damascus tiles. Mamluk and Ottoman architectural ceramics from Syria. By Arthur Millner
06/2016 | 1359 | 158
Pages: 467-467
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1699
places:
Damascus
subjects:
Ceramics / Tiles / Architectural components / Syrian / Mamluk / Ottoman
Book Review
Die Mamlukische Architektur in Agypten und Syrien (648/1250 bis 923/1517) (Abhandlungen des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts Kairo. Islamische Reihe 5)
01/1996 | 1114 | 138
Pages: 31-33
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Syria / Egypt
subjects:
Mamluk / Architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Die Mamlukische Architektur in Agypten und Syrien (648/1250 bis 923/1517) (Abhandlungen des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts Kairo. Islamische Reihe 5) | author: Meinecke, Michael
Book Review
Qur'ans of the Mamluks
09/1989 | 1038 | 131
Pages: 648-649
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Egypt / Syria / Iran / Iraq
subjects:
Quran / Illuminated manuscripts / Calligraphy
subjects:
Mamluk
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Qur'ans of the Mamluks | author: James, David
Article
Oriental Metalwork in the Gambier-Parry Collection
03/1967 | 768 | 109
Pages: 167-171+173
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Author:
Robinson, B. W. (Robinson, B. W.; Robinson, Basil William; R., B. W.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Parry, Thomas Gambier
dates:
1200-1499
museums and institutions:
Courtauld Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Collections, Private / Metalwork
subjects:
Mosul style (metalwork) / Syrian / Mamluk / Egyptian / Bronzes
subjects:
Islamic / Veneto-Saracenic / Persian
subjects:
Mesopotamian
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
81. Wallet. Mosul, mid-thirteenth century. Brass, with silver and gold inlay; height, 15.3 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Non-western art unattributed:
82. Detail from the Wallet Reproduced in Fig. 81. [mid-thirteenth century. Brass, with silver and gold inlay; height, 15.3 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)]
Non-western art unattributed:
83. Top of the Cover of the Wallet Reproduced in Fig. 81. [mid-thirteenth century. Brass, with silver and gold inlay; height, 15.3 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)]
Non-western art unattributed:
84. Detail from the Wallet Reproduced in Fig. 81. [mid-thirteenth century. Brass, with silver and gold inlay; height, 15.3 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)]
Non-western art unattributed:
85. Incense-burner. Syrian, second half of the thirteenth century. Brass with silver inlay. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Non-western art unattributed:
86. Bowl. Mamluk (Egyptian), mid-fourteenth century. Brass, with broad band of silver inlay of inscriptions, roundels and arabesque scrolls; diameter, 30.5 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Non-western art unattributed:
87. Candlestick. North-West Persia, Late Thirteenth Century. Cast Bronze with Silver Inlay; Height, 20.4 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Non-western art unattributed:
88. Ink-well (?). Probably Mamluk, early fourteenth century. Brass with engraving and silver inlay of inscriptions and floral scrolls; diameter, 10.2 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Non-western art unattributed:
89. Dish. Venetian-Saracenic, early sixteenth century. Engraved and repoussé brass with silver inlay; diameter, 55.5 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Non-western art unattributed:
90. Bucket. Venetian-Saracenic, c.1500. Engraved brass with silver inlay, the swing-handle cast as two confronted fish-like monsters; height, 13.3 cm; diameter, 22.9 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Non-western art unattributed:
91. Bowl-shaped Box and Cover, by Mahmud al-Kurdi. Signed. Venetian-Saracenic, Late Fifteenth Century; Height, 7.7 cm; Diameter, 15.3 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Book Review
The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, II. Ayyubids and Early Bahrite Mamluks
01/1961 | 694 | 103
Pages: 24-25
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Reviewer:
Harvey, John (Harvey, John)
Subjects
places:
Egypt
subjects:
Muslim / Islamic architecture / Architecture
subjects:
Ayyubid / Mamluk
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, II. Ayyubids and Early Bahrite Mamluks | author: Creswell, K. A. C.
Book Review
Le Baptistere de Saint Louis
10/1953 | 607 | 95
Pages: 344-345
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Reviewer:
Runciman, Steven (Runciman, Steven)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1299
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
places:
France / Mesopotamia (historical region) / Paris
subjects:
Art museums / Collections / Metalwork / Islamic
subjects:
Mesopotamian
subjects:
Mamluk
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Le Baptistere de Saint Louis | author: Rice, D. S.
Book Review
Mamluk Costume
09/1953 | 606 | 95
Pages: 313-314
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Reviewer:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
subjects:
Costume / Dress / Textiles / Islamic
subjects:
Mamluk
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Mamluk Costume | author: Mayer, L. A.
Article
Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
11/1940 | 452 | 77
Pages: 144-145+147-148+150-152
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Author:
Buchthal, Hugo (Buchthal, Hugo; Buchthal, H.)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1399
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Iraq / Syria / Egypt / Baghdad / Cairo / Damascus
places:
Al-Mawsili
sources:
Hariri, 1054-1122
subjects:
Hariri, 1054-1122
subjects:
Islamic / Illuminated manuscripts / Abbasid / Mamluk
subjects:
Islamic painting
subjects:
Baghdad (style)
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Al-Harith Meeting Abu Zaid. (British Museum, or. 1200, Fol. 79v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. B-Al-Harith Meeting Abu Zaid. Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 3929, Fol. 101v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. C-Abu Zaid on His Camel. (British Museum, or. 1200, Fol. 151.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. D-Abu Zaid on His Camel. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 5847, Fol. 143.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. E.-Abu Zaid Enjoying Himself with Good Food. (British Museum, Add. 7293, Fol. 7.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. F-Abu Zaid Enjoying Himself with Good Food. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 5847, Fol. 3v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Abu Zaid Preaching in the Mosque of Samarkand. (British Museum, Add. 22114, Fol. 94.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. B-Abu Zaid Preaching in the Mosque of Samarkand. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 5847, Fol. 84v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. C-Al-Harith Approaching Abu Zaid's Tent. (British Museum, Add. 22114, Fol. 79v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. D-Al-Harith Approaching Abu Zaid's Tent. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 6094, Fol. 84.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. E-Abu Zaid and His Son before the Governor of Baghdad. (British Museum, Add. 22114; Fol. 68.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. F-The Fable of the Falcon. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 3467, Fol. 61.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Article
Some Moslem Objects in the Benachi Collection
10/1928 | 307 | 53
Pages: 188-191+194-196+208
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Author:
Devonshire, R. L., Mrs (Devonshire, R. L., Mrs; Devonshire, Henriette Caroline)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Benachi, Antoine
dates:
1200-1499 / 1500-1699
places:
Egypt / Alexandria / Fostat
places:
Persia / Iran
subjects:
Collections, Private / Textiles / Islamic
subjects:
Art objects / Silverwork / Ceramics
subjects:
Ewers / Candlesticks / Silverwork
subjects:
Maiolica
subjects:
Royalty / Patronage / Fatimid
subjects:
Ivories
subjects:
Mihrab candlesticks / Astrolabes
subjects:
Moroccan
subjects:
Mamluk / Kufic
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Saddlecloth of Anatolian velvet with crimson ground, sixteenth century; B-Fragment of linen with a royal Abbaside inscription, tenth century; C-Ivory box with wood fittings; D-Astrolabe, dated 729 A. M.; E-Bronze door knocker with Mameluke inscription. Some Moslem Objects in the Benachi Collection
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Fragment of Mosaic Tile from Fostāt. Some Moslem Objects in the Benachi Collection
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. B-Brass Bowl Inlaid with Silver, Probably Mosul, Thirteenth Century. Some Moslem Objects in the Benachi Collection
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. C and D-Carved Wood Panel, Twelfth Century; and Back, Showing Early Carving. Some Moslem Objects in the Benachi Collection
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Mihrab Candlestick. Bearing Name of Sultan Qâit-Bây, Fifteenth Century. Some Moslem Objects in the Benachi Collection
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. B-Bowi of Ewer, with Strange Animals; Probably Mosul, Thirteenth Century. Some Moslem Objects in the Benachi Collection
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. C-Small Ivory Kohl-Box, with Mameluke Inscriptions. Some Moslem Objects in the Benachi Collection
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. D-Small Inlaid Brass Ewer, Bearing Name of Sultan Shaaban, Fourteenth Century. Some Moslem Objects in the Benachi Collection
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. E-Faïence Plate, Diameter 29 cm.; Manganese, Turquoise Blue, Olive and White Decoration on Cobalt Ground. Damascus, Sixteenth Century. Some Moslem Objects in the Benachi Collection
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. F-Arab Helmet from the Battlefield of Cephisus, 1311. Some Moslem Objects in the Benachi Collection