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Islamic/Near Eastern

Atasov, Nurhan. Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey. London: Alexandria Press in association with Lawrence King, 1994. (MPF+ 95-9724)
This work covers the historical, stylistic, and technical development of Iznik potteries from 1480 to 1650.  

Butler, Alfred Joshua. Islamic Pottery: A Study Mainly Historical. London: E. Benn Ltd., 1926. (MPF+)
A chronological examination of ceramics from the Egyptian, Caliphate, Muslim, Persian and Mesopotamian empires. Possesses excellent illustrations and bibliography.  

Fehervari, Geza. Ceramics of the Islamic World: In the Tareq Rajab Museum. London; New York: I.B. Taurus, 2000. (3-MPF+ 00-10092)
Scholarly analysis of fourteen hundred years of Islamic pottery found in the significant holdings of this museum in Kuwait.

Grube, Ernst J. Cobalt and Lustre: The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery. London: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 1994. (3-MPF+ 95-9471)
Explains the technical innovations that produced the first centuries of Islamic pottery.  

Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery: Persia, Syria, Egypt, Turkey. London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1971. (MPF 73-451)
Historical survey of pottery-making from the thirteenth to eighteenth centuries. Quotations from writers of later periods are included that illuminate more about production from those times.