A new monograph "Toreutics of Central Asia: From the Achaemenids to the Shaybanids" has been published by scientists of the Institute of Art Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan - Professor Akbar Hakimov, Senior Researcher Masharib Abdullayev.
This publication is based on the analysis of new materials - artifacts related to the cultural and artistic heritage of Central Asia. These artifacts were purchased by Uzbekistan from auction houses and private galleries in London for the exhibition and collections of the Center of Islamic Civilization in Uzbekistan. Most of the artifacts obtained were toreutics.
The main idea is to study the evolution of the forms of gold, silver, and copper objects in Central Asia from ancient times to the period of the Uzbek khanates, the semantics of motifs, and the evolution of style.
We remind you that unique artifacts and Quran manuscripts related to the history of Uzbekistan, stored in the auction houses of Sotheby's and Christie's in London and in private collections, have been returned to the Homeland. The exhibits practically proved the next achievements of New Uzbekistan in the preservation, study, and promotion of the cultural and historical heritage.