Turkish Ceramics
Hardbound
1953
by Oz, Tahsin
Turkish Press, Broadcasting and Tourist Department, 1953. Hardbound. G (Cloth spine has foxed; boards may be slightly soiled; one crack inside hinge and museum ex-lib. book plate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight.). Patterned boards with light blue cloth spine. 49 pp., followed by 100s of bw and color illustrations on 75 plates with two tri-folds. Text is in English. A wonderful presentation. Oz was a former curator at Topkapi Palace Museum. Includes in-depth essays about different periods of Turkish ceramic-making, primarily tiles, with information on the ceramic decorations at several well-known mosques, mausoleums and other monuments (many of them in Istanbul); and another essay about Turkish ceramics in general, beyond tiles. A beautiful book! (Inventory #: 106253)