Glass from Sasanian Antecedents to European Imitations, (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) Authors:Sidney M. Goldstein with contributions by J.M. Rogers, Melanie Gibson and Jens Kröger, Hardcover, Volume XV, 2005 The Collection contains more than 300 objects that encapsulate the history of Islamic glass from its Byzantine and Sasanian antecedents to late 19th- and early 20th-century revivals. It contains an unparalleled group of mould-blown and pattern-moulded objects – no fewer than seven of which are of the rare inscriptional type – and this wealth of material has allowed comparisons to be made between vessels from the same or similar moulds. Other significant groups comprise vessels with relief-, linear- or facet-cut decoration, while the patterns on others are pincered or applied in the form of trails and medallions. Cold- or lustre-painted and enamelled vessels are also included, the latter represented by a group spanning the entire period when this technique was in fashion. Glass with scratched decoration – a category known mostly through small fragments – is represented here by four complete vessels, and these form the basis of a major new study of the type. Details 384 pages; fully illustrated in colour, numerous line drawings; hardback with dust jacket (slipcased); 36 x 26 cm; 2005; ISBN: 1-874780-50-1