This is the first major study of Islamic glass in more than 70 years, a feat of patient scholarship by Stefano Carboni, associate curator of the department of Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum of ...

The spring fixture of London’s biennial Islamic and Indian art auctions took place in their customary end of April slot and, aided by strong Indian buying, the results were surprisingly positive given ...

The ancient glass industry changed dramatically towards the end of the first millennium. The Roman glassmaking tradition of mineral soda glass was increasingly supplanted by the use of plant ash as ...

Rare medieval Islamic glass fragments, found at a Dumfriesshire castle more than 20 years ago, have been used to create a 3D-model digital reconstruction of a beaker. The three tiny pieces were ...

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