101 Objects from the Lands of Islam- How to Count, Cook, Calligraph and More, From Morocco to Indonesia, #32-#41

OBJECTS NAMED BY THEIR PARTICULAR PLACE

-KASHMIRI SHAWL, 19TH C EUROPEAN MASS MANUFACTURE FAD, BENT CEDAR MOTIF NAMED FOR WEAVING CTR. OF PAISLEY, SCOTLAND

-BIDRIWARE BOWL, INLAID METALWORK, 16TH C, BIDAR, DECCAN INDIA

-ALHAMBRA VASE, VERY RARE GOLD-TONE LUSTERWARE URNS, 14-15TH C, NASRID SPAIN

-CAUCASUS CARPET, KNOWN FOR DIVERSE UNIQUE DESIGNS WITHIN CONFINED MOUNTAIN VALLEYS, PATTERNS CODIFIED/CATALOGUED BY 20TH C AZERI CARPET SCHOLAR LATIF KARIMOV

-IZNIK PLATE, UNIQUE COLORS AND GLAZE, 16-17TH C, IZNIK, WESTERN ANATOLIA

-DAMASCENE STEEL

-BASRA PEARLS, QURANIC SYMBOLS OF PARADISE (35:33) AND GOD’S POWER (55:22), LOOSE AS CURRENCY UNITS, SET IN JEWELRY AS DOWRY WEALTH

-ANGORA GOAT

-TANGERINE FRUIT

-MOKHA COFFEE BEAN

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