Lovers, attributed to Manohar, ca. 1597
Lovers, attributed to Manohar, ca. 1597
“Portrait of the Russian Ambassador, Prince Andrey Priklonskiy”. 1673–74.
Painted by Ali Quli Jabbadar (active 1642-late 17th century). Iran.
In 1673, as the silk trade was growing between Iran and Russia, Czar Aleksey Mikhailovich sent Prince Andrey Priklonskiy as his ambassador to the court of Shah Sulaiman of Iran.
Bronze Openwork Rattle Bell
Iron Age II c.1000 BC
Western Iran
c. 10 cm
Source: Metropolitan Museum
Diana and her Nymphs, Robert Burns, 1926
Parthian rhyton
Rhyton
Parthian, 50-1 BC
The J. Paul Getty Museum