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~The book store inside the Time museum of Tehran

~ Pin in the form of a lion. Period: Iron Age II Date: ca. 9th century B.C. Geography: Iran, Hasanlu Culture: Iran Medium: Bronze, iron

~Plate with a King and Queen. Date: A.D. 6th-7th century Period: Late Antique Place of Origin: Iran Medium: Silver

Atelier Manassé

~ Head of a Royal Guard from Persepolis. Place of origin: Southern Iran Date: 500-450 B.C. Medium: Limestone

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El estilo arquitectónico Art Déco, uno de los primeros movimientos realmente internacionales, el cual fue popular entre los años 10 y 30. 

“Woman Reading Book With Orange” → Georgy Kurasov (Russian, b.1958).

‘Pushkin in the Crimea at Gurzuf Rocks’ - Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky {1817-1900}

~ Textile. Date: A.D. 1000-1050 Place of origin: Iran Medium: silk

Tempest with Solitary Figure, 1832-1904. 

The first illustration of a cat with a collar comes from a 5th Dynasty (c. 2500 to 2350 BC) Egyptian tomb at Saqqara. Cats were the most frequently mummified animal in Egypt and there were multiple feline goddesses, including the domesticated cat-form Bastet. Bronze statues like this one may have been direct offerings or appeals to Bastet.

Garden of Allah

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

One of the earliest and most enduring of the royal images created during the Sasanian period (ca. 224–651) shows the king on horseback hunting select quarry: boar, lion, antelope (or gazelle). This image, often embellished with gilding, was depicted on the interior of silver plates, about thirty of which have been found in Iran and neighboring countries. Produced in imperial workshops, these plates were given as official gifts from the king to high-ranking individuals within or beyond the empire’s frontiers. In the early centuries of Sasanian rule, silver production was controlled by a royal monopoly and could be minted into coins or fashioned into objects only on the king’s authority.

~ Dish: Eagle Bearing a Woman. Place of creation: Iran Date: First half of the 7th century Period: Sassanid Dynasty Medium: silver