Treasures of the Orient in the Collections of Wawel Royal Castle

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This richly-illustrated volume presents over forty splendid objects from the Wawel collection of art ranging from the Middle East to East Asia. Among them are  several Ottoman Turkish tents. Throughout its history, the vast Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had myriad contacts with the lands of Islam, and their splendid arts and crafts struck a chord with Polish tastes. Through trade contacts and military conflicts magnificent carpets, silks and wall hangings, arms and armour, parade saddles, and other goods from Turkey, the Crimea, the Caucasus, and Iran filtered into the Commonwealth becoming prized and used objects in the homes of the nobility as well as the royal court. The most important is of a group of trophies captured in the Battle of Vienna (September 12, 1683) – the sweeping victory of the coalition of European armies commanded by King John III Sobieski of Poland over the Ottoman army led by Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha. The collection of East Asian porcelain is testimony to the 18th-century European fascination with China and Japan.

Pages: 184
Illustrations: 200
Format: 24 x 28.3 cm
Cover: softcover with flaps
Date of publication: 2020
Publisher: Wawel Royal Castle
ISBN: 978-83-66648-20-3
Author: Krzysztof Czyżewski
Translation: Nicholas Hodge