Art metal One of the oldest types of applied art in Uzbekistan, second only to ceramics in age, is the art of metal processing. The first samples of art metal on the territory of Uzbekistan date back to the Bronze Age. Since that time, the art of metal processing has come a long and eventful way. Its brightest periods are presented in selected products on the pages of this album. Sogdian silver is exceptionally rich and varied. Significant number of silver products from Sogd are kept in the collection of the State Hermitage. These silver items have both the dynamism of the nomadic art, and the majesty of palace and urban art. Myth, exoticism and reality are intertwined into amazing Sogdian worldview. In the early centuries of Islam, ornamental decor comes to the fore, which is also reflected in the design of art metal products. Finally, the album contains the most complete representation of jewelries and utensils of the Uzbek khanates (18th - early 20th centuries). Products from that time are distinguished by harmonious proportions, plastic and expressive lines of ornamental patterns and the very forms of objects. Bukhara, Khiva, Kokand, Samarkand, Karshi, Shakhrisabz, Tashkent were the main centers for the production of chased products at that time. Author of the Masterpieces of Art of Uzbekistan series, author of the opening speech: Firdavs Abdukhalikov, Board Chairman of the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan, author and manager of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections project. Academic editor of the series: Elmira Gyul (Institute of Art Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, academic coordinator of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections project, Uzbekistan). Text by Akbar Khakimov (Academician, Institute of Art History of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan). Design by Lola Radjabova (The Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections project, Uzbekistan).