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Woman's jewellery

Shown here are a pair of prayer capsules ( bent ), a chest p…
Gold dinar of Ardashir I

Ardashir defeated the Parthians in AD 224 and founded the Sa…
Silver tetradrachm of Mithradates I

The Parthians were an Iranian nomadic tribe who lived south-…
Two 50 rial banknotes

Modern banknotes often carry the portrait of the country's h…
Bronze fitting in the form of a seated figure

This bronze figure was originally fitted onto a larger objec…
Bronze helmet

This is a typical soldier's helmet from Urartu, the northern…
Cast brass pen-box made by Mahmud ibn Sunqur

This tiny penbox was designed to be treasured by its owner. …
Chalcedony cylinder seal

This grey-blue chalcedony seal, which shows the traditional …
Chalcedony pendant

This is a pendant of pale blue chalcedony, pierced for suspe…
Chlorite double bowl

This unusual vessel with two adjoining containers was the pr…
Cylinder seal

This seal, of pale green volcanic tuff, is derived from earl…
Lacquer chest with weights and scales, for weighing jewellery

This is an elaborate toolkit for weighing jewellery. It incl…
Lacquer pen-case, signed by the artist Ashraf ibn Riza

This luxury pen-case is made from papier mâché with lacquer …
Limestone relief panel, showing Kai Khosrau

Kai Khosrau sits on a throne, under a canopy inscribed with …
Silver bowl

This silver bowl is decorated with hammered petals or lobes …
Silver bowl with applied gold figures

This silver bowl is decorated with applied gold sheet cutout…
Silver dish

This dish dates to the time of the Sasanian empire, and is t…
Silver plate

This silver bowl represents a Sasanian king undertaking the …
Steel peacock

This fine steel peacock may have decorated the cross-bar of …
Stonepaste cup in the shape of a harpy

A harpy is a mythical bird with the head of a woman. It feat…
Tankard decorated with the signs of the zodiac and the planet Lords

Astrological images were popular decorative motifs on luxury…
Chinese style Iranian dish with dandy

This dish is extremely unusual in that it has the image of a…
Dominicus Custos, a bust portrait of Shah Abbas I

This print, made in Europe, depicts Shah 'Abbas I (1571 – 16…
Silver coin of Vadfradad I
Bridge-spouted jug on tripod stand

In the late second millennium BC a new type of pottery calle…
Bronze axe-head

The style of this cast bronze axe-head links it to the regio…
Jasper cylinder seal

This red, brown and white jasper cylinder seal has similarit…
Objects from the Nihavand find

These silver objects were discovered together in Nihavand, i…
Portrait of Shah Abbas I of Iran, attributed to Bishn Das

This portrait shows Shah 'Abbas I (1571 – 1618) at the peak …
Portrait of a young page reading

The anonymous figure depicted in this painting embodies the …
Painting of a horse and groom, inscribed ‘Riza drew it’

This painting of a dappled grey horse comes from an album of…
Chinese style ceramic dish from Iran

Dishes like this one were made by Iranian potters inspired b…
Painting of an old pilgrim by an anonymous artist

The hunched figure in this drawing, depicted alone in a wast…
Larin of Shah Tahmasp

A larin , invented during the sixteenth century, is a coin s…
Bronze pin decorated with an image of a goddess

Elaborately decorated bronze pins of this kind are linked st…
Ewer with dragon-headed spout

The elongated ribbed shape of this slender ewer has been cop…
Pouring vessel, by the craftsman Mahmu Micmar-i Yazdi

This small stonepaste ewer is decorated with underglaze-pain…
Silver-headed iron pin

This elaborately decorated pin is linked stylistically to th…
Album page with a couplet of poetry, Signed by `Imad al-Hasani (Mir `Imad)

This image contains a poem written in calligraphy, with a Mu…
Fragment of gold belt

This fragment of gold sheet is said to come from Ziwiyeh in …
Slip-painted earthenware bowl

Both the motifs and the combination of colours used to decor…
Stone relief from the Apadana (audience hall) at Persepolis

This broken relief shows grooms carrying saddle-cloths and w…
Tripod-footed painted ceramic vessel

This fine vessel was acquired by Sir Marc Aurel Stein in the…
Gold ashrafi coin of Fath cAli Shah

Because of the unease regarding the representation of human …
Silver dirham of al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf

The first Islamic coins minted in the eastern Islamic lands …
Silver drachm of Khosrau II

Khusrau II (591-628) was also known as Khosrau Parviz, 'the …
Blue chalcedony cylinder seal

This seal shows the varied foreign influences on the art of …
Bronze harness ring

This object is among a variety of elaborate metal horse-trap…
Bronze horse-bit with decorated cheek-pieces

The region of Luristan in western Iran saw a rich tradition …
Bronze standard finial

The region of Luristan was home to a rich tradition of bronz…
Bronze tankard

The cuneiform text engraved on this bronze tankard is in Akk…
Carved limestone stela with a figure of a god

This grey limestone stela comes from the religious terrace-s…
Carved stone inscription of Jalal al-Din Khwarazm-Shah

Jalal al-Din Khwarazm-Shāh (died 1231) inherited an emp…
Ceramic bowl with Aramaic magic inscription

This is one of many Late Sasanian and post-Sasanian ceramic …
Ceramic vessel in the form of a figure

This figure comes from the so-called Amlash culture of Gilan…
Earthenware bowl with kufic inscription

The decoration on this luxury bowl from Nishapur comes entir…
Fritware bowl, painted with an enthroned ruler and his attendants

The scene shows a ruler sitting on his throne in a garden, s…
Gilded silver vase

This beautiful vase is typical of the extraordinary skill of…
Glass cylinder seal

This cylinder seal, made of glass, dates to the thirteenth c…
Glazed brick relief panel

This panel is made of polychrome glazed bricks which were fo…
Gold belt buckle with an eagle and goat

This gold belt buckle is inlaid with turquoise and a brown s…
Gold strip fragments with coloured stone inlays

These gold fragments probably come from Ziwiyeh in north-wes…
Gold-hilted sword in a gold scabbard

This gold scabbard still contains a sword with a gold hilt, …
Hump-backed pottery bull

This vessel belongs to the Amlash culture of Gilan province …
Inscribed glazed wall plaque

This rather strange-looking object is in fact a decorative w…
Large pottery jar

During the third and early second millennium BC, as in other…
Leather bookbinding with stamped and gilded decoration

The earliest Islamic bookbindings are made of leather. As th…
Lustre-painted ceramic tiles

These four tiles are part of a longer frieze with an inscrip…

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