Gifts of the Sultan : the arts of giving at the Islamic courts / Linda Komaroff ; with contributions by Sheila Blair [and others].

Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication Info[Los Angeles] : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2011.
Description335 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorKomaroff, Linda, 1953-
Other author/creatorBlair, Sheila.
Other author/creatorLos Angeles County Museum of Art.
Other author/creatorMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Portion of title Arts of giving at the Islamic courts
Contents The art of the art of giving at the Islamic courts / Linda Komaroff -- Gift giving in the Iranian tradition / Michael Morony -- On giving to shrines : "generosity is a quality of the people of paradise" / Sheila Blair -- The enduring present : gifts in medieval Islam and Byzantium / Anthony Cutler -- Fatimid gifts / Jonathan Bloom -- Gift exchange between Iran, Central Asia and China under the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 / Ralph Kauz -- Gifts for the Shah : an episode in Hapsburg-Safavid relations during the reigns of Philip III and ʻAbbas I / Marianna Shreve Simpson -- Ottoman gift exchange : royal give and take / Tim Stanley -- Imperial gifts at the court of Hindustan / Susan Stronge -- Graphic documentation of gift exchange between the Russian court and its Islamic counterparts, seventeenth to the nineteenth century / Edward Kasinec and Robert Davis.
General noteCatalog published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 5-Sept. 5, 2011 and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Oct. 23, 2011-Jan. 15, 2012.
General noteOne leaf of "Interpreting gifts of the Sultan: the arts of giving at the Islamic courts" inserted.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010053435
ISBN9780300171105 (hardcover)
ISBN0300171102 (hardcover)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks NK720 .G54 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold