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Chess and other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands
Series: The al-Sabah Collection
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This book will engage readers interested in arts and culture, specifically those fascinated by the historical development of games, Islamic art, and craftsmanship. It is suitable for historians, collectors, and enthusiasts of chess and traditional games.
A stunning collection of intricately made games pieces from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait
An unprecedented in-depth guide to one of the world’s most spectacular collections of ancient chess and games pieces
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Among the many treasures of the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, are hundreds of chess and other games pieces dating from the 7th to the 19th centuries CE. Intricately crafted in a rich variety of materials, including ivory, wood, ceramic, glass, jade, and agate, these tiny objects are of enormous historical and artistic significance.
They not only mark the evolution of familiar games into their modern forms, but also evoke the imperial palaces, military camps, and herders' tents in which they were played over many centuries, from the Sasanian period through the Islamic era in Central Asia, Iran, present-day Iraq, and northern India. The chess pieces include both early figural sets and the more abstract forms that later became popular throughout the Islamic world.
Dice, pachesi sets, and a medieval Arabic treatise on chess complete the collection.
Chess and other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands by Deborah Freeman Fahid offers a fascinating glimpse into these historical artefacts and their cultural contexts.
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Arab Weekly describes the book as 'Stunning', emphasising its visual and scholarly appeal.
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ISBN: 9780500970911
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 17 May 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Illustration: more than 300 illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 219.0mm
Height: 276.0mm
Weight: 2030g
Pages: 344
About the Author
Deborah Freeman Fahid is an independent scholar, and former assistant curator and head of publications at The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait. She has worked in the field of Islamic art since 1995, when she was responsible for Islamic manuscripts and works on paper at Christie’s, King Street, London. She has contributed to a number of catalogues on Islamic manuscripts for a private collection, and to the catalogue for a recent exhibition on chess in Doha. She has edited several catalogues for The al-Sabah Collection, published by Thames & Hudson: Splendors of the Ancient East: Antiquities from The al-Sabah Collection (2013), Persian Painting: The Arts of the Book and Portraiture (2014) and Arts of the Hellenized East: Precious Metalwork and Gems of the Pre-Islamic Era (2015).
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