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Catalogue >Oriental Art >  Islamic Metalwork - The Nuhad Es-Said Collection Islamic Metalwork - The Nuhad Es-Said Collection (revised edition) James W. Allan The Nuhad Es-Said Collection of Islamic metalwork is one of the finest in private hands. It contains superb examples of inlaid bronzes and brasses from 6th/12th and 7th/13th century Herat and 7th/13th century Mosul from Ayyubid Syria, Saljuk Anatolia, the Mamluk empire and the Delhi sultanate, and from Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Iran. 128 pages, 47 colour and 41 mono illustrations, 3 line drawings and 1 map, cloth, 330 x 240mm ISBN 0 85667 500 8 | Retail price £47.50 Unfortunately this book is now out of print.  Online price: £47.50 / €71.25 Inlaid with gold, silver, and copper, and bearing planetary and astrological figures, mystical symbols, and effusive dedications to sultans and petty rulers, these beautiful objects take the reader into a world where superstition, religion and politics jostle for supremacy, and are impressive evidence that works of art reflect the societies they serve. An extensive introduction puts the collection in its social and artistic context. This is followed by the catalogue, which describes and discusses each piece in detail. Every object is lavishly illustrated with at least one colour plate, and there are numerous black and white photographs. In this revised edition the author has updated all important aspects of the text; he has also added a Table of Analyses with a short commentary at the end of the book. Professor James W. Allan is Keeper of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, where he is responsible for curating the Islamic collection. He lectures in Islamic art for the Oriental faculty at Oxford university; his particular fields of interest are Islamic ceramics and metalwork.