From Ordinary to Luxury
Islamic Ceramics from Iran, Central Asia and Afghanistan
By (author) Pierre Siméon Edited by Verena Daiber
Hardback (Published)
(February 2020)
ISBN: 9783954903870
8.31 x 11.69 inches
Price: $119.00
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“From Ordinary to Luxury” is based on the glazed and unglazed pottery from The Bumiller Collection and is a profound study of Iranian and Central Asian ceramics. The Bumiller set is not a collection of masterpieces, but gives an insight into the most diverse wares of daily life. Pierre Siméon’s expertise and hands-on experience as an archaeologist are invaluable assets for the knowledge of provenance and distribution of Iranian and Central Asian pottery. Apart from that, his study takes into account the works of our Russian colleagues, that have gone without adequate acknowledgement for decades due to the language barrier. <br/>
“From Ordinary to Luxury” is based on the glazed and unglazed pottery from The Bumiller Collection, assembled by the late Manfred Bumiller (1928-2018). The work is both a profound study of Central Asian ceramics and the start of the new series “Studies on The Bumiller Collection” dedicated to the development of the collection of the University Museum of Islamic Art in Bamberg. Pierre Simeon’s expertise and hands-on experience as an archaeologist are invaluable assets for the knowledge of Iranian and Central Asian pottery. Apart from that, his study takes into account the works of our Russian colleagues, that have gone without adequate acknowledgement for decades due to the language barrier. After a break of ten years this book on material largely neglected and barely studied in a comprehensive way launches the new series of Studies on The Bumiller Collection. May it be a handbook for whoever works on and is interested in the field of Islamic ceramics from the area that spreads from the Zagros to the borders of China.
Pierre Siméon is a French archaeologist, specialised on the Islamic world with a focus on Central Asia. He completed his MA at the Islamic Art History department at the Paris IV Sorbonne University and holds a PhD from the Islamic Archaeology department at the Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University.<br/>Since 2000 he has been working with several international teams in archaeological excavations in Bahrain, Mongolia, Pakistan, Yemen, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Siméon is an internationally active expert with a main focus on the material culture in order to understand the economic and social history of mediaeval Islamic society.<br/><br/><br/>Verena Daiber completed her MA in Near Eastern archaeology and Arabic literature at the Free University of Berlin. She participated in excavations in Syria and Lebanon, studying medieval pottery, architecture and text sources. From 2001 to 2006 she was research assistant at the German Archaeological Institute in Damascus. In 2009 she gained her PhD at the University of Bamberg with a thesis on the 18th century public architecture of Damascus. She has been teaching at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Bamberg. Since 2017 she is the curator of the Bumiller Collection / University Museum of Islamic Art in Bamberg. Her focus is on exploring the textual and material culture of medieval Central Arabic lands and Iran. <br/>
- By (author) Pierre Siméon
- Edited by Verena Daiber
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