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Treasures from an ancient land : the art of Jordan / edited by Piotr Bienkowski ; foreword by Her Majesty Queen Noor al-Hussein of Jordan.

Title
Treasures from an ancient land : the art of Jordan / edited by Piotr Bienkowski ; foreword by Her Majesty Queen Noor al-Hussein of Jordan.
Publication
Stroud, Gloucestershire ; Wolfeboro Falls, NH : A. Sutton ; [Liverpool] : National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, 1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Bienkowski, Piotr.
  • Liverpool Museum (Liverpool, England)
Description
xiii, 178 p. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Jordan, treasures from an ancient land.
  • Art of Jordan
Subject
  • Islamic art > Jordan > Exhibitions
  • Art > Jordan > Exhibitions
  • Art, Arab > Jordan > Exhibitions
  • Jordan > Antiquities > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • Catalog of the exhibition 'Jordan, treasures from an ancient land' held at Liverpool Museum in 1991.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Jordan : crossroads of the Near East / Piotr Bienkowski -- Sculpture in ancient Jordan / Fawzi Zayadine -- A history of pottery-making / H.J. Franken -- Art and technology / Graham Philip -- The mosaics of Jordan / Michele Piccirillo -- Writing in Jordan : from cuneiform to Arabic / Alan Millard -- Traditional costume in Jordanian culture / Widad Kawar -- Folk jewellery in Jordan / Birgit Mershen.
ISBN
0862997291
LCCN
^^^91009204^
OCLC
  • 23252518
  • SCSB-9907473
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library