Mina'i Ware: A Reassessment and Comprehensive Study of Iranian Polychrome Overglaze Wares through Sherds

Richard P. McClary

Mina'i, or polychrome overglaze, ware was made in Iran between the late twelfth and the early thirteenth centuries. However, most pieces in museums have in fact been rebuilt, often from pieces of multiple different vessels with extensive plaster fill and modern overpaint. Only by closely examining unrestored archaeological sherds - genuine fragments of pots - can we build an authentic picture of what mina'i ware actually looked like. In this innovative book, Richard P. McClary studies sherds in collections around the world to help us to understand the production, decoration and distribution of the wares. He then examines the increased popularity of mina'i ware from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, with a focus on the dealers, collectors and curators, as well as the various types of faking, restoration, repair and conservation that has occurred over the last century.

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Series Editor’s Foreword
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Note on Transliteration
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Introduction
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Chapter One - Methods and Materials: The Sources of Materials and the Production Processes of Mina’i Ware
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Chapter Two - A Taxonomic Approach to Mina’i Ware: A System of Classification
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Chapter Three - Form: The Shapes and Types of Mina’i Ware Vessels and Tiles
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Chapter Four - Meanings, Motifs and Messages: The Decoration, Iconography and Epigraphy of Mina’i Ware
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Chapter Five - The Context, Role and Significance of Mina’i Wares in Persian Miniature Painting
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Chapter Six - Trade and Transportation: The Diffusion of Mina’i Ware in the Medieval Period
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Chapter Seven - Dealers, Collectors and Curators: The Rise in Fascination with Mina’i Ware in the Early Twentieth Century
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Chapter Eight - Reconstruction and Deconstruction: Changes Made to Mina’i Vessels from the nineteenth to the Twenty-first Centuries
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Conclusion: From Mina’i to Lajvardina
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Bibliography
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A Reassessment and Comprehensive Study of Iranian Polychrome Overglaze Wares through Sherds

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Figures
pp vii-xii

Tables
pp xiii-xiii

Series Editor’s Foreword
pp xiv-xiv

Acknowledgements
pp xv-xvi

Note on Transliteration
pp xvii-xvii

Dedication
pp xviii-xviii

Introduction
pp 1-8

Chapter One - Methods and Materials: The Sources of Materials and the Production Processes of Mina’i Ware
pp 9-34

Chapter Two - A Taxonomic Approach to Mina’i Ware: A System of Classification
pp 35-94

Chapter Three - Form: The Shapes and Types of Mina’i Ware Vessels and Tiles
pp 95-144

Chapter Four - Meanings, Motifs and Messages: The Decoration, Iconography and Epigraphy of Mina’i Ware
pp 145-172

Chapter Five - The Context, Role and Significance of Mina’i Wares in Persian Miniature Painting
pp 173-203

Chapter Six - Trade and Transportation: The Diffusion of Mina’i Ware in the Medieval Period
pp 204-229

Chapter Seven - Dealers, Collectors and Curators: The Rise in Fascination with Mina’i Ware in the Early Twentieth Century
pp 230-287

Chapter Eight - Reconstruction and Deconstruction: Changes Made to Mina’i Vessels from the nineteenth to the Twenty-first Centuries
pp 288-310

Conclusion: From Mina’i to Lajvardina
pp 311-313

Bibliography
pp 314-333

Index
pp 334-338

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