Persian pottery in the first global age : the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Persian Pottery in the First Global Age: the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries studies the ceramic industry of Iran in the Safavid period (1501-1732) and the impact which the influx of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, heightened by the activities of the English and Dutch East Indies Companies after c. 1700, had on local production.
The multidisciplinary approach of the authors (Lisa Golombek, Robert B. Mason, Patricia Proctor, Eileen Reilly) leads to a reconstruction of the narrative about Safavid pottery and revises commonly accepted notions. The book includes easily accessible reference charts to assist in dating and provenancing Safavid pottery on the basis of diagnostic motifs, potters' marks, petrofabrics, shapes, and Chinese models.

• Preface p. vii
• Collections Cited p. xi
• Important Dates p. xiii
• Maps p. xv
• Photo Credits p. xviii
• Introduction p. 1
• Part I Safavid Pottery and Society
• 1 Safavid Society and the Ceramic Industry p. 13 Lisa Golombek and Eileen Reilly
• 2 Dominant Fashions and Distinctive Styles p. 57 Lisa Golombek
• 3 The Measure of Faithfulness: The Chinese Models for Safavid Blue-and-White p. 123 Patty Proctor
• 4 The "Kubachi Problem" and the Isfahan Workshop p. 169 Lisa Golombek
• 5 The Safavid Workshops and Petrographic Analysis p. 183 Robert B. Mason
• Part II Identifying Safavid Pottery - a Guide
• 6 Diagnostic Motifs p. 213 Lisa Golombek and Eileen Reilly
• 7 Potters' Marks p. 245 Lisa Golombek and Robert B. Mason and Eileen Reilly
• 8 Shapes Study p. 259 Eileen Reilly
• Part III A Catalogue of the Safavid Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum p. 281
• Appendix A  p. 431
• Appendix B  p. 435
• Bibliography p. 481
• Index p. 495