Culture

Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722)

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Inscription Plaque, Possibly from a Door

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Wine bearers in landscape, from a robe

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Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): I...

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Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto); t...

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Sleeping Youth (verso), Illustration fro...

Riza-yi Abbasi

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Lampas with dancers and musicians

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An Episode from the Story of the Sasania...

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Bath Pail (Satl)

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Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth...

Riza-yi Abbasi

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Rustam's seventh course: He kills the Wh...

Mir Musavvir

Abd al-Vahhab

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Prayer Niche (Mihrab)

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Lampas with scenes of wild animals

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Bowl

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Fragment with falconer and attendant in ...

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An Episode from the Story of the Sasania...

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Rustam's seventh course: He kills the Wh...

Abd al-Vahhab

Mir Musavvir

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Rustam meets the challenge of Ashkabus, ...

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Bowl

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Rustam meets the challenge of Ashkabus, ...

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Illuminated Folio from a Gulistan (Rose ...

Sultan Muhammad

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi

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Persian Couplets (recto), Calligraphy, P...

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Bahram Visits the White Domed Pavilion o...

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The Story of Nushirwan and his Minister,...

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Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing

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Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of...

Mir Musavvir

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A scene of the life of Alexander from th...

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Floral striped silk on a golden ground

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Velvet Fragment, Khusrau Sees Shirin Bat...

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Textile with field of poppies on a golde...

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Lampas fragment with blossoms in ogival ...

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King Luhrasp Ascends the Throne: a Proce...

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Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Ill...

Muhammadi

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Youth Holding a Pomegranate; Illustratio...

Riza-yi Abbasi

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King Luhrasp Ascends the Throne: a Proce...

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Velvet panel with four youths smelling f...

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Fragment of Silk Taffeta with “Rose and ...

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Black and White Bird Perched on a Shrub

Shafi' Abbasi

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Section of Silk Fabric with Falconers Am...

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Yusuf and Zulaykha (recto); Text Page, P...

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Youth Seated by a Willow; Single Page Il...

Muhammad Yusuf

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Aulad Tied to a Plane Tree, from a Shahn...

Sadiqi Bek

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Yusuf and Zulaykha (recto); Illustration...

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Lampas with scenes of wild animals

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Lampas with scenes of wild animals

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Lampas with scenes of wild animals

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Lampas with scenes of wild animals

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Shah Tahmasp I (1514–1576) Seated in a L...

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Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of...

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Bahram Gur and Azada, from a Shahnama (B...

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Garden Scene with a Master Instructing a...

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Princess with Wine Bottle and Cup (recto...

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Princess with Wine Bottle and Cup (recto...

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Fragment with maritime scene

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Calligraphy from a Ghazal of Badr al-Din...

Faqir Ali

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Sketch of a Young Man and Persian Callig...

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Sleeve with rose bushes and butterflies

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Rustam Lassoing his Horse, Rakhsh, in a ...