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Head of a ruler

Date: ca. 2300–2000 B.C.
Accession Number: 47.100.80

Bowl with wheel-cut facets

Date: ca. 6th–7th century A.D.
Accession Number: 59.34

"The Funeral of Isfandiyar", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: 1330s
Accession Number: 33.70

Strand of Beads

Date: 9th–12th century
Accession Number: 48.101.70

Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature

Date: ca. 5th century B.C.
Accession Number: 54.3.3

Kamanche

Date: ca. 1880
Accession Number: 1998.72

"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds)

Painting by Habiballah of Sava (active ca. 1590–1610)

Date: ca. 1600
Accession Number: 63.210.11

Plaque: winged creatures approaching stylized trees

Date: ca. 8th–7th century B.C.
Accession Number: 54.3.5 and 62.78.1a, b

"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 1970.301.3

Garden Gathering

Date: first quarter 17th century
Accession Number: 03.9c

Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat

Date: ca. 1st century B.C.
Accession Number: 1979.447

Safavid Courtiers Leading Georgian Captives

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 52.20.12

Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel

Date: ca. 3100–2900 B.C.
Accession Number: 66.173

Silk Animal Carpet

Date: second half 16th century
Accession Number: 14.40.721

The Lovers

Painting by Riza-yi `Abbasi (ca. 1565–1635)

Date: dated A.H. 1039/ A.D. 1630
Accession Number: 50.164

The 'Nigde' Carpet

Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 56.217

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: ca. 1180
Accession Number: 29.160.23

Animal-Spouted Pitcher

Date: 9th–10th century
Accession Number: 38.40.247

Bowl with Green, Yellow and Brown Splashed Decoration

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 38.40.137

Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi

`Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903–86)

Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 13.160.10

Striding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots

Date: ca. 3000 B.C.
Accession Number: 2007.280

Ewer

Date: ca. 1180–1210
Accession Number: 44.15

Ewer with a Feline-shaped Handle

Date: 7th century
Accession Number: 47.100.90

Velvet with Figural Imagery

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 52.20.11

Standing man

Date: ca. A.D. 2nd century
Accession Number: 51.72.1

Incense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa’l-Din ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi

Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali

Date: dated A.H. 577/ A.D. 1181–82
Accession Number: 51.56

Top for standard

Date: ca. 8th century B.C.
Accession Number: 1996.82.1

Swan-Neck Glass Bottle

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 17.190.829

Velvet Panel with Flowering Plants

Date: first half 17th century
Accession Number: 12.72.5

Spouted jar

Date: ca. 9th century B.C.
Accession Number: 60.20.15

Relief: two servants bearing food and drink

Date: ca. 358–338 B.C.
Accession Number: 34.158

Tombak

Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 89.4.1310

Spout in the form of a man's head

Date: ca. A.D. 1st–2nd century
Accession Number: 56.56

Mihrab (Prayer Niche)

Date: A.H. 755/A.D. 1354–55
Accession Number: 39.20

Storage jar decorated with mountain goats

Date: ca. 3800–3700 B.C.
Accession Number: 59.52

Pen Box (Qalamdan) Depicting Shah Isma'il in a Battle against the Uzbeks

Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 2006.523a, b

Cup with a frieze of gazelles

Date: ca. early 1st millennium B.C.
Accession Number: 62.84

Textile

Date: 10th–11th century
Accession Number: 31.106.64

Princely Figure with Jewelled Crown

Date: mid-11th–mid-12th century
Accession Number: 67.119

Woven Tapestry Fragment

Date: mid-8th century
Accession Number: 50.83

Calligraphic Plaque

Date: probably late 17th century
Accession Number: 1987.14

"The Feast of Sada", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 1970.301.2

Bowl with Inscription, "Sovereignty is God's"

Date: late 9th–early 10th century
Accession Number: 38.40.118

Dado Panel

Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 37.40.46

Sword and scabbard

Date: ca. 7th century A.D.
Accession Number: 65.28a, b

Vessel with six animal friezes

Date: ca. 10th–8th century B.C.
Accession Number: 64.257.1a, b

"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1530
Accession Number: 1970.301.51

Silk 'Kashan' Carpet

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 58.46

Armlet

Date: first half 11th century
Accession Number: 57.88a–c

Plaque with horned lion-griffins

Date: ca. 6th–4th century B.C.
Accession Number: 54.3.2