PrefaceConventionsCollections CitedList of Important DatesMapsIntroduction Part I: Safavid Pottery and Society Chapter One: Safavid Society and the Ceramic Industry Iran under the Safavids (Lisa Golombek)The Dynamics of Supply and Demand (Lisa Golombek)The PotterChinese Porcelain in Safavid IranThe Markets for Safavid PotteryThe Safavid Potter and the First Global AgeThe Object: Shapes and Functions of Safavid Pottery (Lisa Golombek and Eileen Reilly)Chapter Two: Dominant Fashions and Distinctive Styles: A History of the Ceramic Industry in Safavid Iran (Lisa Golombek) China at the Door: The Sixteenth Century China in the House: The Seventeenth Century Phase I: 1615-1640Phase II: 1640-1650Phase III: 1650-1680Phase IV: 1680-1722Chapter Three: The Measure of Faithfulness: the Chinese Models for Safavid Blue-and-White (Patricia Proctor) Chapter Four: The "Kubachi Problem" (Lisa Golombek) The "Kubachi Problem" The Isfahan/ Qumisheh Workshop Chapter Five: The Safavid Workshops and Petrographic Analysis (Robert B. Mason) Part II: Identifying Safavid Pottery - A Guide Chapter Six: Diagnostic Motifs (Lisa Golombek and Eileen Reilly) 6.1 Rims: Sixteenth Century6.2 Backs: Sixteenth Century6.3 Backs: Seventeenth Century6.4 Rims: Isfahan, Seventeenth CenturyChapter Seven: Potters' Marks (Lisa Golombek and Robert B. Mason, and Eileen Reilly) 7.1 Seal-marks7.

2 Tassel-marks7.3 Character-marksChapter Eight: Form Study (Eileen Reilly) Part III: Catalogue of Safavid Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum (Lisa Golombek) [images approx. 50 pp.]Appendices Appendix ADated vesselsDated tilesAppendix BConcordance of the Safavid Ceramics Project Numbers Bibliography.