Product Description These sixteen articles by leading scholars are devoted to Islamic objects or groups of objects in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum. They include glass, metalwork, ceramics, painting, lacquerwork, and ivory. Review `excellent collection of articles ... this collection of articles deserves careful scrutiny' Sheila Canby, Burlington Magazine, Jan '97`The conception of this pair of volumes is indebted to Richard Ettinghausen's authoritative Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (new York, 1972). It is a pleasure to report that, in range and quality, they do not suffer by comparison.' J.M. Rogers, Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 7, Pt 1, April '97 About the Author James W. Allan, Keeper of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.