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Arts from Persia and Iran

This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>The Death of Dara</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings.

Iranian
The Death of Dara, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
10 1/2 in. x 7 in. ( 26.7 cm x 17.8 cm )
Museum Purchase

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Iranian
Persian poetry anthology manuscript page
ink, color, and gold on paper
8 3/16 in. x 5 1/2 in. ( 20.8 cm x 13.9 cm )
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton B. Freudenheim in memory of Otto F. Ege

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Iranian
Salt Bag
wool, flatweave
17 1/2 in. x 13 in. ( 44.4 cm x 33 cm )
Gift of Marvin Eisenberg in memory of Michael Cuccello

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Iranian
Salt Bag
wool, flatweave and pile
26 1/2 in. x 16 3/4 in. ( 67.3 cm x 42.6 cm )
Gift of Marvin Eisenberg in honor of Alberto Boralevi, my carpet master in Florence

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Iranian
Book case
leather with gold tooling
5 in x 7 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in (12.7 cm x 20 cm x 3.2 cm)
Anonymous Gift

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Iranian
Square tile with two pairs of quadrupeds, after 15th century style
glazed earthenware
8 1/16 in. x 8 1/16 in. x 9/16 in. ( 20.4 cm x 20.5 cm x 1.5 cm )
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

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Iranian
Square tile with stylized tulip design
fritware with blue and amber glaze ?
5 1/2 in. x 5 3/8 in. x 1 in. ( 14 cm x 13.6 cm x 2.5 cm )
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

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This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>Asfandiyar Slays a Dragon</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings.

Iranian
Asfandiyar Slays a Dragon, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
10 1/2 in. x 7 in. ( 26.7 cm x 17.8 cm )
Museum purchase

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Persian poetry and proverbs anthology manuscript page
ink on glazed paper
8 1/4 in x 5 5/8 in (20.9 cm x 14.3 cm)
Museum Purchase

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Persian poetry and proverbs anthology, manuscript leaf
ink and color, with touches of gold leaf on thin, glazed paper
8 3/16 in x 5 5/8 in (20.8 cm x 14.3 cm);8 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in (21.27 cm x 14.61 cm);19 3/8 in x 14 7/16 in (49.21 cm x 36.67 cm);15 1/2 in x 11 7/8 in (39.37 cm x 30.16 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton B. Freudenheim in memory of Otto F. Ege

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Iranian
Hamadan Carpet
wool pile
92 in x 48 in (233.7 cm x 121.9 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

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This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>Sikandar Goes on a Pilgrimage to the Kaaba</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings.

Iranian
Sikandar Goes on a Pilgrimage to the Kaaba, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
10 1/2 in. x 7 in. ( 26.7 cm x 17.8 cm )
Museum Purchase

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The Death of Dara, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.64)

Persian poetry anthology manuscript page (1987/1.195.8)

Salt Bag (2003/1.363)

Salt Bag (2003/1.364)

Book case (1984/2.1)

Square tile with two pairs of quadrupeds, after 15th century style (1997/1.256)

Square tile with stylized tulip design (1997/1.260)

Asfandiyar Slays a Dragon, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.61)

Persian poetry and proverbs anthology manuscript page (1959/1.155)

Persian poetry and proverbs anthology, manuscript leaf (1987/1.195.10)

Hamadan Carpet (1955/1.183)

Sikandar Goes on a Pilgrimage to the Kaaba, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.65)

Portrait of a lady under a willow (1970/2.80)

Persian poetry anthology manuscript page (1959/1.152)

Star-shaped tile with vegetal arabesque pattern (1972/2.147)

Khusrau brought before his father Hurmuzd; from the Khamza of Nizami (1969/2.174)

Illuminated Chapter Heading from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”) (Second heading) (1963/1.39D)

Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.70)

Text pages from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”) (1963/1.39E)

Siyavush Displays His Prowess before Afrasiyab, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The "Kervorkian Shahnama") (1963/1.49)

Platter with an inscription from a Hadith [a saying of the Prophet Muhammad], signed by Ali ibn al-Hajj Muhammad (1972/2.158)

Cover of Ann Arbor Shahnameh (First heading) (1963/1.39C)

Ardshir Papakan Sits Upon the Throne in Baghdad, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.67)

Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.68)

Rustam Takes Bijan out of the Pit, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.54)

Iraj Is Slain by His Brothers, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”) (1963/1.41)

Gushtasp Slays the Wolf, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.59)

Conical Bowl, imitating Chinese celadon wares (1957/1.71)

Pitcher with extended spout (1957/1.48)

Pitcher (1957/1.47)

Decorative calligraphy, manuscript page (1967/2.2)

Plate with radial design (1957/1.84)

Salt Bag (2003/1.362)

Plate fragment with design of a white gazelle against a blue ground (1957/1.93)

Octagonal Plate (1957/1.87)

Carpet (1955/1.182)

Carpet (1955/1.184)

Bowl with painted petal design (1957/1.78)

Vessel with spout in the shape of an antelope head (1983/1.430)

Carpet (1955/1.185)

Bowl with inscriptions in Kufic and another script (1957/1.60)

Textile fragment (1930.41)

Carpet (1986/2.50)

Tile (1997/1.255)

Textile fragment (1930.43)

Footed bowl with Dripped Glaze Design (1957/1.80)

Textile fragment (1930.40.1)

Plate (1957/1.97)

Bowl with calligraphic inscriptions and floral designs (1957/1.57)

MS Leaf: Garden (Gulistan) of Roses by Saadi with Miniature Painting (1959/1.154)

Textile fragment (1930.40.2)

Bulb-shaped bottle fragment (1957/1.83)

Lid with Handle (1959/1.117)

Bowl Fragment with Figural Designs (1957/1.79)

Tile (1997/1.257)

Deep bowl with medallion design (1957/1.92)

Bowl (1957/1.59)

Bowl with Bird and Flower Designs (1957/1.75)

Plate with brown-and-white ornamental design (1957/1.50)

Shallow bowl with radial design (badly damaged) (1972/2.156)

Plate with tri-colored glaze (1957/1.51)

Plate (1957/1.65)

Shallow bowl with floral arabesque pattern (1957/1.77)

Peacock (1959/1.116)

Silk fragment showing figures in an architectural setting (1972/2.269)

Dish with painted bird design (1957/1.49)

Bowl (1957/1.72)

Bowl with Teardrop-Shaped Calligraphy Medallions (1957/1.81)

Deep Bowl (damaged) (1957/1.85)

Bottle (1972/2.149)

Qur'an manuscript leaf, illuminated section heading in thuluth script (1996/2.54)

Plate with Chinese-inspired scene of a bird in a landscape (1957/1.96)

Circular mortar with inscription (1959/1.112)

Square tile with stylized tulip design (1997/1.259)

Medicinal plants; Leaf from an Arabic translation of the "De Materia Medica," by Dioscorides (1957/2.1)

Qur'an manuscript page (1969/2.95)

Jug, narrow neck & single handle, band of decorative inscriptions at shoulder (1959/1.92)

Squat bottle with everted rim (1957/1.90)

Bowl with foliate designs, after Cizhou ware (1957/1.94)

Vase (1972/2.140)

Jug, narrow neck, single handle, band of decorative inscriptions at shoulder (1959/1.91)

Vase (1972/2.128)

Miniature jar with zigzag design (1972/2.139)

Black bowl with blue geometric design (1972/2.155)

Bowl with inverted rim (1957/1.56)

Flat-rimmed Bowl with painted abstract design (1957/1.70)

Bowl with striped and arabesque designs (1972/2.154)

Deep Bowl with slightly everted rim (1957/1.62)

Bowl with abstract design, glazed in imitation of Chinese sancai ware (1957/1.55)

Footed Bowl with openwork floral scroll design (1957/1.61)

Plate (1957/1.91)

Jug with wide cylindrical body and tall, tapered neck (1959/1.118)

Broad-shouldered vase with narrow, flaring foot and high collar mouth (1972/2.141)

Seated figure with tripartite crown (1960/1.134)

Shallow plate with floral rim design on broad rim (1957/1.88)

Incense burner lid with peacock-shaped finial (1959/1.111)

Shallow bowl with schematized animal motif (1957/1.54)

Bowl with foliate Rim (1957/1.89)

Tile with molded lion (1957/1.68)

Bowl with openwork rim and modeled elephant and mahout (1957/1.58)

Shallow bowl with everted rim (1957/1.82)

Saryk Door Rug (1982/2.37)

Plate with vegetal design (1957/1.95)

Star-shaped tile with floral and calligraphic patterns (1960/1.133)

Plaque with Kufic Inscription, from the Tower of Toghril, from Rayy (1965/1.167)

Plate with deep red-brown glaze spashed with yellow (cracked) (1957/1.98)

Star-shaped tile with molded floral design (1972/2.135)

Bowl with painted petal design on exterior (1957/1.74)

Shallow bowl with bands of turquoise glaze and central floral pattern (1972/2.159)

Bowl with bird holding leaf and inscription (1957/1.63)

Star-shaped tile with molded floral arabesque design (1972/2.134)

Shallow bowl with vegetal designs (1972/2.133)

Footed Bowl with painted design of birds (1957/1.53)

Tray (1959/1.110)

Shallow bowl with stylized floral medallion (1961/1.183)

Bowl with incised floral patterns (1957/1.69)

Shallow open box with three compartments, adorned with women's faces (1957/1.99)

Albarello (Pharmacy Jar) (1957/1.76)

Tile fragment with inscription (1972/2.152)

Rug (1999/1.89)

Star-shaped Tile with flying crane among flowers (1957/1.102)

Deep bowl with vegetal and calligraphic designs (1961/1.185)

Faramurz taken Prisoner, Shah-nameh of Ferdowski (1965/1.180)

Star-shaped tile with phoenix among clouds (1960/1.132)

Star-shaped Tile with cheetah among foliage (1957/1.73)

Flask with molded decor (1959/1.89)

Platter with Lion in Garden (1957/1.86)

Mina'i ware bowl fragment with confronting equestrian figures (1957/1.66)

Tile fragment with inscription, Molded calligraphy in depressed band in the tile, glazed in bluish-turquoise, slight incrustation and iridescence. (1972/2.153)

Conical Bowl with simple blue stripe design (1957/1.64)

Book Cover, made for the 15th-century manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdausi (The "Kervorkian Shahnama") (1963/1.39A)

Book Cover, made for the 15th-century manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdausi (The "Kervorkian Shahnama") (1963/1.39B)

Bowl with radial design and inscribed rim (1961/1.186)

Mina'i ware bowl fragment with figures (1957/1.67)

Casket with inscription in floriated Kufic script (1959/1.113)

Faceted bottle (1961/1.182)

Qur’an manuscript leaf in Abbasid Kufic script (1970/2.109)

Narrow-neck jug with single handle and molded decorative register at shoulder (1959/1.93)

Ewer with animal head, with band of decorative inscriptions at shoulder in thuluth script on an arabesque ground (1959/1.90)

Faucet with Peacock Spigot and Lion-Headed Spout (1959/1.114)

Bowl with concentric bands of epigraphic decoration (1961/1.184)

Plate (1957/1.52)

Rustam Fights with Ashkabus, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.51)

Gurgin Fights with Andariman, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.55)

Zal Goes to Rudaba, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.42)

Rustam Slays the White Div, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.45)

Shida Is Slain by Khusrau, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.56)

Kai Khusrau Crosses the Jihun, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.50)

Rustam Slays Suhrab, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.47)

Rustam Takes Prisoner the Khan of China, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.52)

The Young Shoemaker and the Lion Before Bahram Gur, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.69)

Gushtasp Imprisons His Son Asfandiyar, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.60)

The Birth of Rustam, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.43)

Siyavush Passes Through the Fire, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.48)

Gaiumart the First Shah, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.40)

Buzurjmihr Interprets a Dream for Nushirwan, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.71)

Rustam Slays the White Elephant, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.44)

The Div Akwan Flings Rustam into the Sea, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.53)

Rustam Shoots Asfandiyar, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.62)

Luhrasp Addresses the Heroes, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.58)

Rustam Slays Shaghad and Dies, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.63)

Sikandar Builds a Barrier Against Yajuj and Majuj, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.66)

Kai Khusrau Slays Afrasiyab and Garsiwaz, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.57)

Tahmina Comes to Rustam, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.46)

Talhand Confronts His Brother Gav on the Battlefield, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (1963/1.72)

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Literacy, reading, and writing
Manuscripts
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Middle east
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