EXPLORE / TRADITIONS
Arts of Iran
A collection pathway for comparing materials, dates and places. The objects here are a small sample of a much wider and internally varied history.
DATES IN THIS SAMPLE
1150–1625
Object dates, not the boundaries of a tradition.
LOOKING PROMPT
Compare the objects below. Which materials and visual choices recur? Which differences resist a single label?
↗Iran, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194) · 1200–1221
The Wade Cup with Animated Script
Creator not recorded
↗Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722) · 1600–1625
Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread
Creator not recorded
↗Iran, Khurasan, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194) · 1150–1200
Feline Incense Burner
Creator not recorded
↗Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353) · 1330–35
Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama
Creator not recorded