Works of Art (29)
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Bizhan Forces Farud to Retire into His Fort: Page from a dispersed manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1430–35; Sultanate, India, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (20.120.247) |
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Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshipper before a seated ruler or deity; seated female under a grape arbor, early 2nd millennium B.C.; Old Elamite period, Iran, Serpentine (1987.343) |
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The Feast of Sada: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1520–25,
Iran, Tabriz,
Colors, ink, silver, and gold on paper (1970.301.2) |
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Funeral of Isfandiyar: Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings), Detached folio from an illustrated manuscript, ca. 1330–1335; Ilkhanid, Firdausi, Author, Tabriz, Iran, Ink and colors on paper (33.70) |
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Head of a king, probably Shapur II, 4th century; Sasanian period, Iran, Gilded silver (65.126) |
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Head of a ruler, ca. 2300–2000 B.C., Iran or Mesopotamia, Arsenical copper (47.100.80) |
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Kay Kavus Airborne: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1520–25,
Iran, Tabriz,
Colors, ink, silver, and gold on paper (1970.301.21) |
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Khusrau Hunting: Page from a manuscript of the Khusrau and Shirin of Hatifi, dated 1498; Ottoman, Turkey (probably Istanbul), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (69.27) |
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Leaf from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), 14th century; Ilkhanid, Firdausi, Author, raq or Iran, nk, colors, and gold on paper (57.51.33) |
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Molded plaque with a king or god carrying a mace, 2000–1700 B.C.; Isin-Larsa-Old Babylonian period, Southern Mesopotamia, Ceramic (32.39.2) |
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Pen box, early 19th century,
Iran,
Painted and varnished papier-mâché (2006.523)
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Plate with king hunting rams, late 5th–early 6th century; Sasanian period, Iran, Silver, mercury gilding, niello inlay (34.33) |
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Portrait medallion of Süleyman the Magnificent, after 1521,
Probably Venice,
Bronze (18.70.8) |
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Portrait of Nasir al-Din Shah, ca. 1852–55, Iran, Salt print (1977.683.24) |
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Portrait of Nasir al-Din Shah, ca. 1852–55, Luigi Pesce (Italian), Iran, Salt print (1977.683.22) |
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Portrait of Sultan Ahmed I, 17th century; Ottoman, Turkey, Colors and gilt on paper (44.30) |
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The Queen of Sheba Enthroned, late 19th–early 20th century, Iran, Inks, colors, and gold on paper (1979.518.1) |
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Relief: king and eunuch attendant, 883–859 B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia, Alabaster (gypsum) (32.143.4) |
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Royal or divine figure with high conical headdress, 18th century B.C.; Middle Bronze Age, Syria or Levant, Bronze (1985.262.2) |
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Rustam Caried by the Div Akvan: Folio 158 verso of the Shahnama (Book of Kings), mid-17th century; Safavid, Signed by Mucin Musavvir, Isfahan, Iran, Ink, colors, gold, and silver on paper (1974.290.43) |
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Safavid Prince Haidar Mirza's Entrance into Istanbul in 1590: Page from a dispersed Divan of Mahmud cAbd al-Baki, 1590–95; Ottoman, Iraq (Baghdad), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (45.174.5) |
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Schiac Appas, Re di Persia (Shah cAbbas, King of Persia),
Engraver: Giacomo Franco (Italian, Venetian),
From: Effigie naturali dei maggior prencipi et più valorosi capitani di questa età con l'armi loro, raccolte et con dilegentia intagliate da Giacomo Franco,
Publisher: Giacomo Franco, Venice, 1596 (57.506) |
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Seated statue of Gudea, 2150–2100 B.C.; Neo-Sumerian period, Probably Tello (ancient Girsu), southern Mesopotamia, Diorite (59.2) |
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The Shah's Wise Men Approve Zal's Marriage: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1520–25,
Iran, Tabriz,
Colors, ink, silver, and gold on paper (1970.301.13) |
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Solidus of Constantius II (Sole Emperor, 350–361), 350–361, Byzantine, Gold (04.35.18) |
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Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent Wearing a Jewel-Studded Helmet, ca. 1532,
Venice,
Woodcut on paper (42.41.1) |
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Tetradrachm of Seleucus I, 300–280 B.C.; Seleucid, Iran, excavated at Pasargadae, Silver (1974.105.9) |
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Tile with the figure of a horseman and a bird, second half of 19th century, Iran, Composite body, molded and underglaze painted (83.1.67) |
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The Turanian King Afrasiyab Conferring with His Brother Garsivaz: Leaf from a Shahnama, folio 110 verso, dated 1107 A.H. / 1696 A.D.; Safavid, Attributed to Muhammad Zaman, Ink, colors, and gold on paper, 1913 (13.228.17) |
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Thematic Essays (11)
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