Two gilt and lacquered papier-mâché #book covers
Mirza Aga Imami, Iran, 19th century
28.2 x 19.2 cm

Each cover depicts pheasants with gold foliage on black, bordered by palmette scrolls on red. The reverse has a gold frame on red, with one signed in the lower right corner.

#Persian #art #painting

It's amazing how Persian poetry has influenced other arts, including painting. You can often find verses next to a painting.

Three #paintings ascribed to 'Abd Al-Hayy Astar Abadi, Circa 1370-80
- Two cranes standing in a pool
- A heron landing
- Two herons with ducks

#Persian #Poetry #art

#LiftSelfie

Sometimes I miss the Iran depicted in art, but then I remember it's not the full reality of that time.

A large underglaze-painted pottery tile, Persia, circa 1880, rectangular, showing a musician, dancer, and figures under a flowering tree, with a floral border.
#Persian #art #painting #blue

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Albert Einstein
#war #MiddleEast

#Mehrah_AbdullahZadeh, a 27-year-old from Urmia, #Iran, has been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court. He was arrested during the #WomanLifeFreedom protests and reportedly tortured in detention. His family is under pressure and threats from security forces to remain silent.

Album page with a seated couple in a landscape
Date: circa 1640
Location: Iran, Isfahan
Dimensions: 13.3 x 18.1 cm

#Persian #Painting

Sadegh Tabrizi
b. 1938
Untitled
signed S. Tabrizi
oil on canvas
43 by 33.5 cm.
Executed circa 1960s - 1970s.
#Persian #painting #art