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Before the Empires: Beaker with geometric decoration. Beaker with geometric decoration. ca. 4000â3600 BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 48.98.3. Rogers Fund, 1948. Public Domain / CC0. CC0 1.0 / Met Open Access. Centre-cropped from the original to 3:2 and resized to 960 x 640. Additional responsive display cropping may apply.
Ancient Iran: Persepolis iran. Ehsan at French Wikipedia. Persepolis iran - Ehsan at French Wikipedia. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Review preview resized and padded; original retained. Public domain. Centre-cropped from the original to 3:2 and resized to 960 x 640. Additional responsive display cropping may apply.
Medieval Iran: Bowl with Arabic Inscription. Bowl with Arabic Inscription. 10th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 65.106.2. Rogers Fund, 1965. Public Domain / CC0. CC0 1.0 / Met Open Access. Centre-cropped from the original to 3:2 and resized to 960 x 640. Additional responsive display cropping may apply.
Early Modern Iran: "The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp. Abu'l Qasim Firdausi. "The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp. ca. 1525. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970.301.2. Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970. Public Domain / CC0. CC0 1.0 / Met Open Access. Centre-cropped from the original to 3:2 and resized to 960 x 640. Additional responsive display cropping may apply.
Modern Iran: Dancer. Dancer. early 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971.22. The Friends of the Department of Islamic Art Fund, 1971. Public Domain / CC0. CC0 1.0 / Met Open Access. Centre-cropped from the original to 3:2 and resized to 960 x 640. Additional responsive display cropping may apply.
Art & Architecture: Shah Mosque, Isfahan. MohammadReza Domiri Ganji. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Attribution based on the identified source record. CC BY-SA 4.0. Centre-cropped from the original to 3:2 and resized to 960 x 640. Additional responsive display cropping may apply. This adapted tile image is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Everyday Life: Beaker with a checkerboard design. Beaker with a checkerboard design. ca. early to mid-4th millennium BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 48.98.9. Rogers Fund, 1948. Public Domain / CC0. CC0 1.0 / Met Open Access. Centre-cropped from the original to 3:2 and resized to 960 x 640. Additional responsive display cropping may apply.
Religion: Mihrab (Prayer Niche). Mihrab (Prayer Niche). dated 755 AH/1354â55 CE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 39.20. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939. Public Domain / CC0. CC0 1.0 / Met Open Access. Centre-cropped from the original to 3:2 and resized to 960 x 640. Additional responsive display cropping may apply.
Language: Bustan (Orchard) of Sa'di. Sa'di. Bustan (Orchard) of Sa'di. dated 936 AH/1529 CE with later additions. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986.216.2. Purchase, Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, Rogers Fund and Ehsan Yarshater Gift, 1986. Public Domain / CC0. CC0 1.0 / Met Open Access. Centre-cropped from the original to 3:2 and resized to 960 x 640. Additional responsive display cropping may apply.
Trade: Zeinodin Caravanserai. David Stanley. Source: Flickr, via Wikimedia Commons. Author and licence transcribed by the site owner from the source record. CC BY 2.0. Centre-cropped from the original to 3:2 and resized to 960 x 640. Additional responsive display cropping may apply.
Archaeology: Tepe Sialk, Kashan, Iran, 2016-09-19, DD 27. Diego Delso. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Attribution based on the identified source record. CC BY-SA 4.0. Centre-cropped from the original to 3:2 and resized to 960 x 640. Additional responsive display cropping may apply. This adapted tile image is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.