timur-i-lang:

Lovers, attributed to Manohar, ca. 1597

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finethankyouandyou:

“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.

Via

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ancientpeoples:

Bronze Openwork Rattle Bell

Iron Age II c.1000 BC 

Western Iran 

c. 10 cm

Source: Metropolitan Museum

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pioup-pioup:

Diana and her Nymphs, Robert Burns, 1926

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amertat:

Parthian rhyton

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amertat:

Parthian rhyton

amertat:

Parthian rhyton

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omgthatartifact:

Rhyton
Parthian, 50-1 BC
The J. Paul Getty Museum

omgthatartifact:

Rhyton

Parthian, 50-1 BC

The J. Paul Getty Museum

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aleyma:

Parthian, Stag-shaped drinking horn, c.50 BC - 50 AD (source).

aleyma:

Parthian, Stag-shaped drinking horn, c.50 BC - 50 AD (source).

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thebad69:

Shah ‘Abbās I and a page.
Tempera and gilt; Muhammad Qasim, 1627; Louvre, Paris

thebad69:

Shah ‘Abbās I and a page.

Tempera and gilt; Muhammad Qasim, 1627; Louvre, Paris

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