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Mir Afzal of Tun, A reclining woman and her lapdog, a painting

A woman lies back against cushions, lazily watching her dog …
Moulded clay figure

This terracotta figurine was excavated at Susa in 1852 by W.…
Moulded stucco plaque

This plaque originally formed part of the decoration of an e…
Muhammad Qasim (attributed to), A picnic at night, a drawing

A party is taking place at night. A prince sits against a tr…
Painted beaker

This beautiful vessel is typical of pottery discovered in gr…
Painted bowl

This bowl was excavated by E. Herzfield at the prehistoric s…
Painted vessel with bridge-spout

This type of painted pottery is a local central Iranian vari…
Part of a hoard of silver currency

This group of silver objects is probably the most important …
Riza-yi 'Abbasi, Seated calligrapher, a drawing

A bearded man sits on the ground, holding a blank book in hi…
Silver beaker

This silver beaker belongs to the so-called Amlash culture o…
Silver bowl

This fluted silver bowl is typical of the highly skilled Sas…
Silver bowl

This magnificent large silver bowl was formed by hammering a…
Silver pin

This silver pin head is decorated with an extremely detailed…
Silver scabbard

This sword scabbard is made of wood covered with silver shee…
Silver-gilt dish

During the first centuries of Islam, vessels reflected the e…
Stone relief from Persepolis showing a servant

This relief from Persepolis shows a servant wearing so-calle…
Stone relief from the Apadana (audience hall) at Persepolis

This broken relief from the Persian royal capital Persepolis…
Stone relief showing a charioteer

This relief of a charioteer driving his horse comes from the…
Stone relief showing a sphinx

This male sphinx wears the imposing horned headdress of a di…
Stonepaste bottle, painted in lustre with seated figures and prowling animals

This bottle is the earliest known dated Iranian example of t…
The Queen of Sheba (Bilqis) and the hoopoe, Solomon's messenger, a drawing

When Islam was founded in the seventh century AD, there was …
Whetstone with bronze handle

This is a whetstone, used to sharpen weapons and tools of br…
Portrait of Shah Abbas hawking

This portrait shows Shah 'Abbas I (1571 – 1629) of Iran. His…
Silver tetradrachm of Seleucus I

The conquests of Alexander the Great changed the world for e…
Green blown-glass rose water sprinkler

This tall blown-glass bottle is for sprinkling rose water. T…
Painted jar

During the third - early second millennium BC, as in other p…
Lapis lazuli cylinder seal

This seal has a scene that shows human-headed bulls being pr…
Decorative roundel with a bearded face

This decorative roundel, with a frontal bearded face, may ha…
Countermarked silver abbasi coin of Shah Abbas II

The Dutch East India Company took over the Portuguese tradin…
Brass astrolabe with silver inlay

This astrolabe has seven latitude plates. The rete is marked…
Bronze ceremonial axe head inlaid with silver

This bronze axe head is in the form of three animals, a boar…
Bronze figure of a god

The Urartians adopted many of the traditions of Mesopotamia,…
Bronze sword

This bronze sword was allegedly found in western Iran which …
Sultan Muhammad (attributed to), Rustam sleeps while Rakhsh fights off a lion, a painting in gouache on paper

The Shahnama , or Book of Kings, is the national epic of Per…
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

The archaeologist Henry Layard discovered this black limesto…
The death of the hero Rustam and his horse Rakhsh, a painting in gouache on paper

This painting belongs to a Shahnama manuscript that was prod…
Silver Abbasi coin of the Safavid Dynasty

Shah 'Abbas I of Iran (1571–1629) dramatically increased the…
Dinars of Toghril Beg and Malik Shah

Toghril Beg (1040-63) was the first sultan of the Great Selj…
Ceramic tombstone of Jalal al-Din cAbd al-Malik

This is the tombstone of a qadi (an Islamic judge) called Ja…
Brass celestial globe

The celestial globe is a three-dimensional map of the stars,…
Anthony Van Dyck, a study for the costume of Robert Shirley

This sketch was drawn by Flemish painter Anthony Van Dyck du…
Map of the World

This tablet contains both a cuneiform inscription and a uniq…

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