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Dish
16th century
Meeting of a Prince and Poet
mid-16th century
"Mihrab Vents His Anger Upon Sindukht", Folio 83v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
Velvet Panel with Hunting Scene
ca. 1540
"The Coup against Usurper Shah", Folio 745v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
"The Coronation of the Infant Shapur II", Folio 538r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
1475–1675
"The Angel Surush Rescues Khusrau Parviz from a Cul-de-sac", Folio 708v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
"Zal is Restored to his Father Sam by the Simurgh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
"Rustam and Isfandiyar Begin Their Combat", Folio 461v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
Saqqakhana Collage
Parviz Kalantari
dated 1371 Shamsi/1991CE
Page of Calligraphy
Muhammad Shafi‘ known as Vesal-i Shirazi
early–mid-19th century
"The Nobles and Mubids Advise Khusrau Parviz about Shirin", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
"Kai Khusrau's War Prizes Are Pledged", Folio 225v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530
"Rustam Slays Isfandiyar", Folio 466r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
Bowl
16th–17th century
"Firdausi's Parable of the Ship of Shi'ism", Folio 18v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
"The Final Joust of the Rooks: Gudarz Versus Piran", Folio 346r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
"Shangul Stirs the Khaqan's Council to War on Rustam", Folio 276v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
"Bahram Gur Advances by Stealth against the Khaqan," Folio 577v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
Princely Couple
1400–1405
"Yazdigird II Accedes to the Throne", Folio 592r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
Wine Drinking in a Spring Garden
ca. 1430
Album Page with Calligraphy Exercise (siyah mashq) by Muhammad Shah Qajar (3rd Ruler of the Qajar Dynasty)
Muhammad Shah
dated Shawwal 1260 AH/October 1844 CE
"Allegory of Worldly and Otherworldly Drunkenness", Folio from the Divan of Hafiz
Hafiz
ca. 1531–33
Portrait of Prince Nasir al-Din Mirza
Aqa Buzurg Shirazi
1840's
"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525
"Siyavush Recounts His Nightmare to Farangis", Folio 195r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
"The Iranians Mourn Farud and Jarira", Folio 236r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
Bustan (Orchard) of Sa'di
Sa'di
dated 936 AH/1529 CE with later additions
Untitled, 2013
Nasrollah Afjei
2013
"Rakhsh Kills a Lion while Rustam is Asleep", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
"Bahram Chubina Slays the Lion-Ape", Folio 715v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
"Siyavush Plays Polo before Afrasiyab", Folio 180v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
Lacquer Mirror Case
Fathallah Shirazi
dated 1295 AH/1878 CE
"Hurmuzd I's Last Testament to Prince Bahram I", Folio 535r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
"Bahram Recovers the Crown of Rivniz", Folio 245r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of of Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, commissioned by Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
"Buzurjmihr Explains the Game of Backgammon (Nard) to the Raja of Hind", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
"Faramarz Encircled While Battling Bahman", Folio 475r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35
"Bahram Gur Slays the Rhino-Wolf", Folio 586r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1530–35