Cover illustration: Lobed minaʾi bowl with prince and attendants. Kashan, late 12th–early 13th century. Diam. 21.6 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17.120.41. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917. OA Public Domain.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Porter, Yves, 1957- author. | Flood, Finbarr Barry, writer of foreword.
Title: Under the adorned dome : four essays on the arts of Iran and India : Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series / by Yves Porter ; foreword by Finbarr Barry Flood.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] | Series: Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world, 2213-3844 ; volume 19 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023034587 (print) | LCCN 2023034588 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004549715 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004549722 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Art and society—Iran—History. | Art and society—India—History. | Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian. | Ceramic tiles—Iran. | Narrative art, Iranian. | Narrative art, Indic. | Luster-ware—Iran. | Luster-ware—India.
Classification: LCC N72.S6 P677 2023 (print) | LCC N72.S6 (ebook) | DDC 700.1/03—dc23/eng/20230825
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023034587
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023034588
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ISSN 2213-3844
ISBN 978-90-04-54971-5 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-54972-2 (e-book)
DOI: 10.1163/9789004549722
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