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Raqqa revisited
ceramics of Ayyubid Syria
By Jenkins-Madina, Marilyn & Jenkins, Marilyn
- ISBN
- 978-0-30011-143-9
- Publisher
- New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; c2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2006
Inspired in part by the Arabic literary classicThe Thousand and One Nights, wealthy collectors and enthusiasts began purchasing all things Arabian or Oriental in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among those items were exotic ceramic objects created in the city of Raqqa, in modern-day Syria. Jenkins-Madina (curator emerita, Islamic art, Metropolitan Museum of Art; coauthor,Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250 ) spent much of her career studying these Ra...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
