Persian art is more popular today than ever. Especially the historical works inspire with strong colors, richness of detail, elaborate calligraphy and beautiful motifs. Particularly noteworthy is Persian miniature painting, which makes reference to Persian mythology and poetry. At the beginning of the 20th century, these impressive works gained importance in the Western world. Styles and techniques were taken up by artists from all over the world. Typical are clear lines, strong forms and geometric figures, which determine the entire picture motif. The result is a complex body of work that invites discovery and wonder. The origins of this fascinating painting go back to the year 753, but are not art-historically clear. Persian miniature paintings take up the stories of Persian literature. They were an artistic complement to lyrical and epic works. The connection between art and poetry is particularly attractive. Epic Persian literature inspired literary and artistic creators worldwide. Thus, stylistic elements of this culture became accessible worldwide. In the course of time, different currents developed. Shiraz miniatures from the 13th and 14th centuries are strictly symmetrical. Towards the end of the 13th century, the Tabris School of Art emerged. The typical style of the period changed due to the influence of the Armeno-Byzantine style of painting. In the course of time, Persian art was constantly transformed by new ideas and new epic literary models. Impressively detailed works of art were created in a small space, which can be admired for hours. The representation is less static in the later course of time. Figures appear more natural. Persian miniature painting experienced its peak until the 17th century.
In the 18th century, a new trend emerged, dedicated to the depiction of nature. Filigree pictorial motifs of plants and birds convey a unique charm. Today's artists combine stylistic elements from all eras. Modern and traditional works enrich the art world and have their own charm. Persian calligraphy, also known as the art of beautiful writing, enjoys particular popularity. Filigree curved Arabic characters stand alone or are part of a total work of art. What all works of art have in common is their fairytale-like effect. Stylized floral patterns and ornaments make the special charm.
Each work of art tells its own story, which is revealed in all its details after intense contemplation. Closely related to the Persian school is the filigree arts and crafts. Noble pottery with ornate decorations, objects made of ceramics, stone work, decorated vessels and plates made of metal, as well as elaborate embroidery and weaving make up the diversity of the Persian school. Meisterdruck offers an exciting impression of the diversity. Art prints of historical and modern works, photo prints of objects made of stone, metal, clay and ceramics are available.
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 1632 - (MeisterDrucke-101925).jpg "Page from the Canon of Medicine by Avicenna (Ibn Sina), 1632 by Persian School")
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.jpg "A shamsa, or little sun, from a Persian translation of Annals of the Apostles and Kings originally written by Tabari (c. 839-923) in Arabic, 1470 by Persian School")
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.jpg "Khusraw before Shirin")
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.jpg "A reception at the royal court of Kabul, from Firdawsi")
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 (parchment) - (MeisterDrucke-83307).jpg "Ms. E-4322a, Fragment of the Koran, 9th century, Abbasid caliphate (750-1258) by Persian School")
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.jpg "Ms d-212 A Game of Polo Between a Team of Men and a Team of Women, from the")
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 and a Courtier offering fruit and drink (detail) - (MeisterDrucke-61882).jpg "Shah Abbas I (1588-1629) and a Courtier Offering Fruit and Drink (detail) by Persian School")
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 by Abul-Qasim Manur Firdawsi (c934-c1020) c1510-40 - (MeisterDrucke-53200).jpg "Ms D-184 fol.381a, Interior of the King of Persia")
 by Abul-Qasim Manur Firdawsi (c934-c1020) c1510-40 - (MeisterDrucke-53200).jpg)
.jpg "Persian Art: lady with two flower necklaces that she presents, with two peacocks. Persian miniature by Persian School")
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_by_Firdawsi_A_Royal_Hunt_Iran_c1590-1600_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-440340).jpg "A Royal Hunt by Persian School")
_by_Firdawsi_A_Royal_Hunt_Iran_c1590-1600_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-440340).jpg)
.jpg "Bizhan Receives an Invitation through Manizha")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-658450).jpg "Tile from Tehran, 19th century by Persian School")
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.jpg "A Party in a Garden by Persian School")
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.jpg "Bird and Flower Study by Persian School")
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.jpg "Folio from an unidentified text; A Prince Hunting, Isfahan, Iran, c.1600 by Persian School")
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.jpg "A Fool Cuts the Branch on Which He is Perched Under the Eye of the Gardener by Persian School")
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.jpg "The Caliph Harun al-Rashid at the Baths by Persian School")
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.jpg "Sindukht Comes to Sam Bearing Gifts by Persian School")
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.jpg "A party in a garden by Persian School")
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.jpg "Close-up of a Tabriz Haji Jalili carpet, Iran by Persian School")
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.jpg "Women and Children in a Garden, 19th century by Persian School")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-115319).jpg "Portrait of Fath Ali-Shah (1771-1834) by Persian School")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-415767).jpg "Persian Garden, 15th century by Persian School")
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.jpg "The angel Ruh holding the celestial spheres, illustration from the Ajaib al-Makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by Qazwini, c. 1550-1600 by Persian School")
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.jpg "Portrait of a nobleman or royal figure, possibly Muhammad Shah Qajar by Persian School")
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_by_Nizami_verso_Bahram_Gur_and_the_Princess_in_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-440332).jpg "Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; verso: Bahram Gur and the Princess in the Black Pavilion, Shiraz, Iran, c. 1550 by Persian School")
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_by_Firdawsi_(d1020)_verso_The_Murder_of_Ir_-_(MeisterDrucke-1642363).jpg "Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); verso: The Murder of Iraj; recto: text, Iran by Persian School")
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_by_Niz_-_(MeisterDrucke-904438).jpg "Bahram Gur and the Princess in the Black Pavilion from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami, c. 1550 by Persian School")
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.jpg "The god Agni creating the fire to help his father-in-law Raja Niladhvaja of Malwa whilst Arjuna quenches the flames with magic arrows which produced springs of water from the")
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.jpg "The Simurgh Restores the Child Zal to his Father Sam, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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.jpg "Persian 239 fol. 96a: Murder of Siyavush at the bidding of Garsivaz, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), by Abul-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi (c. 934-c. 1020), 1444 by Persian School")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-39828).jpg "The King Bids Farewell, Poem from the Shiraz Region by Persian School")
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_by_Mirkhwand_(d_1498)_verso_ill_-_(MeisterDrucke-659618).jpg "Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: illumination and text; recto: seals, detached manuscript folio, early 17th century by Persian School")
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_painting_fro_-_(MeisterDrucke-992573).jpg "Layla and Majnun in A Tent, painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di by Persian School")
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.jpg "Bahram Gur and the princess in the Black Pavilion, c. 1590 by Persian School")
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.jpg "Folio from a Haft Paykar: Bahram Gur and the Princess in the Black Pavilion, Qazwin, Iran, c. 1590 by Persian School")
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 Khurasan 1232-33 - (MeisterDrucke-85310).jpg "Commentary on the Koran (copy of the original of 1181) Khurasan by Persian School")
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 by Abul-Qasim Manur Firdawsi (c934-c1020) c1510-40 - (MeisterDrucke-114572).jpg "The Tent of the Persian Army, Illustration from the")
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.jpg "The ignorant doctor and the king")
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.jpg "Bahram Gur Hunts with Azada, illustrated folio from the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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_by_Abul-Qa_-_(MeisterDrucke-567860).jpg "The Murder of Siyawush, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Abul-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi (c. 934-c. 1020), c. 1440-45 by Persian School")
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.jpg "Bahram Gur Hunts with Azada, from a Khamsa by Persian School")
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.jpg "Simurgh offers Zal, the father of Roustem, to Sam, the grandfather of Roustem, from the")
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.jpg "Gushtasp in battle with Asjasp at Balkh, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), by Abul-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi, 1444 by Persian School")
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_by_Sadi_verso_Illumination_and_the_Execution_of_th_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641786).jpg "Folio from a Bustan (Orchard) by Sa")
_by_Sadi_verso_Illumination_and_the_Execution_of_th_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641786).jpg)
.jpg "Escape of Qubad (detail), Illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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_by_Firdawsi_(d1020)_verso_unidentified_pai_-_(MeisterDrucke-440293).jpg "Unidentified Painting from Another Part of the Manuscript Mounted on Text Page from the Story of Luhrasp by Persian School")
_by_Firdawsi_(d1020)_verso_unidentified_pai_-_(MeisterDrucke-440293).jpg)
_to_Emperor_Napoleon_I_-_(MeisterDrucke-1130438).jpg)
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_on_the_China_Se_-_(MeisterDrucke-45279).jpg "The Journey of Alexander the Great on the China Sea, illustration to")
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.jpg "The Sleeping Rustam Carried Through the Air by the Demon Akwan, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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.jpg "Suhrab Slain by Rustam, Illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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_he_is_the_son_of_Genghis_Khan_Persian_-_(MeisterDrucke-985350).jpg "Representation of Ogodei Khan, son of Genghis Khan. Persian miniature from")
_he_is_the_son_of_Genghis_Khan_Persian_-_(MeisterDrucke-985350).jpg)
_recto_illuminated_titlepiece_b_-_(MeisterDrucke-440277).jpg "Folio from a Rawdat al-safa by Mirkhwand; recto: illuminated titlepiece, border and text; verso: text, Shiraz, Iran, Safavid period, 1571-72 by Persian School")
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.jpg "Islamic Art: The King")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-37759).jpg "The Flying Carpet, from the Poem")
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.jpg "Orthopedic Intervention. Miniature from a Turkish Medicine Book by Charaf-ed-din (1466) by Persian School")
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 and a Courtier offering fruit and drink (detail of 155563 depicting the head of the courtier) - (MeisterDrucke-55334).jpg "Shah Abbas I (1588-1629) and a Courtier offering fruit and drink (detail) by Persian School")
 and a Courtier offering fruit and drink (detail of 155563 depicting the head of the courtier) - (MeisterDrucke-55334).jpg)
.jpg "The div Akvan lifts the sleeping Rustam, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), by Abul-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi, 1444 by Persian School")
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_by_Firdawsi_(d1020)_recto_Iskandar_builds_-_(MeisterDrucke-440290).jpg "Iskandar Builds the Iron Rampart by Persian School")
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.jpg "Isfandiyar Slays Arjasp in the Brazen Hold, Illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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.jpg "Alexander Visits a Hermit, illustration to")
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_Visits_the_Princess_of_Rum_illustration_to_The_-_(MeisterDrucke-34921).jpg "Bahram Visits the Princess of Rum, illustration to")
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.jpg "Battle between the Persians and the Turanians, illustration from the")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-112475).jpg "Man carrying wine from the Court of Shah Abbas I (detail) by Persian School")
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_by_Sadi_(d1292)_Afghanistan_Safavid_Period_1525_(opaque_waterco_-_(MeisterDrucke-440247).jpg "Bustan (Orchard) by Sadi, Afghanistan, Safavid Period, 1525 by Persian School")
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.jpg "The Div Akvan Lifts the Sleeping Rustam (detail), Illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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_Routeenide_period_Low_-_(MeisterDrucke-1029703).jpg "Stone relief representing a Mede servant (people of Iran). Routeenide period. Low relief from the staircase of the Palace of Darius I (550-486 BC) king of Persia by Persian School")
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.jpg "Bahram Chubina, his Elephant Slain, Fights on Foot, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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 verso Potipha - (MeisterDrucke-323979).jpg "Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami; Verso: Potiphar and Zulaykha Enthroned; Recto: Text, Khurasan, Iran, c.1575 by Persian School")
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_by_Firdawsi_(d1020)_Two_of_the_Duels_betwe_-_(MeisterDrucke-440292).jpg "Two of the Duels between the Twelve Rukhs: Furuhad and Zangula; Ruhham and Barman by Persian School")
_by_Firdawsi_(d1020)_Two_of_the_Duels_betwe_-_(MeisterDrucke-440292).jpg)
.jpg "Detail: The fortress of Gang Dizh attacked with mines, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), by Abul-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi, 1444 by Persian School")
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.jpg "The Decapitation of Afrasiab")
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.jpg "Iskandar Comforts the Dying Dar, Illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Child, Rustam Shown to His Grandfather Sam, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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_by_A_-_(MeisterDrucke-427077).jpg "Rostam carried by Akwan-Diwa, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Abul-Qasim Manur Firdawsi, 1619 by Persian School")
_by_A_-_(MeisterDrucke-427077).jpg)
 c1550 - (MeisterDrucke-106733).jpg "Bahram Visits a Princess in the Turquoise Pavilion, illustration to")
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 by Abul-Qasim Manur Firdawsi (c934-c1020) c1330 - (MeisterDrucke-50003).jpg "A Sultan and his Court, illustration from the")
 by Abul-Qasim Manur Firdawsi (c934-c1020) c1330 - (MeisterDrucke-50003).jpg)
 Visits the Princess of Turkestan illustration to The Seven Princesses 1199 by Elias Nezami (1140-1209) c1550 - (MeisterDrucke-108192).jpg "Bahram Visits the Princess of Turkestan, Illustration to The Seven Princesses, 1199, by Elias Nezami c.1550 by Persian School")
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.jpg "Battle between Khusrau and Bahram Chubaina, from the poem Layla and Majnun originally by Nizami by Persian School")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-654799).jpg "Bahram Chobin, Illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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.jpg "Folio from an unidentified text; A Prince Seated upon a Rock Surrounded by Attendants, Isfahan, Iran, c.1600 by Persian School")
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.jpg "Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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.jpg "An old man and a young man in front of the tents of the rich pilgrims, from")
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.jpg "Add 22703 fol.52v The Sacking of Isfahan in 1387 showing Timur")
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_by_al-Qazwini_recto_Haloed_F_-_(MeisterDrucke-440322).jpg "Haloed Figure Enthroned by Persian School")
_by_al-Qazwini_recto_Haloed_F_-_(MeisterDrucke-440322).jpg)
_by_Abul-Qa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1426462).jpg "Beheading of Syjawiusz, illustration from the")
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 by Abul-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi (c934-c1020) 1460-70 - (MeisterDrucke-90068).jpg "A Princely Reception, illustration from the")
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.jpg "Yazdagird Hides in a Mill, Illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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.jpg "Calligraphy from the Late Shahjahan Album (Two Poems and a Couplet from the Diwan of Amir Shahi) c.1640-50 by Persian School")
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_in_Persepolis_(Iran)_Site_of_the_Persian_Empir_-_(MeisterDrucke-1016459).jpg "Palace of Darius I in Persepolis by Persian School")
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.jpg "Fire Ordeal of Siyavush (detail), Illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Persian School")
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.jpg "Chess Players, page from a Treatise on Chess, early Safavid, second half of the 16th century by Persian School")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-95036).jpg "Musician from the Court of Shah Abbas, 1585-1627 (detail) by Persian School")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-928956).jpg "Detail of the Relief Frieze on the East Stairway to the Apadana Depicting Delegates from the Subject Lands of the Empire Bearing Lavish Gifts for a Ceremony, Achaemenian Period by Persian School")
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_by_Shah_Ismail_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-440261).jpg "Five Youths in a Landscape, folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Shah Ismail (Khatai), Tabriz, Iran, Safavid period, c.1520 by Persian School")
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.jpg "Gushtasp plays polo before the Qaysar, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), by Abul-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi, 1444 by Persian School")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-421782).jpg "Vessel in the form of a boot, from Kaluraz, Gilan, Iran, c.1st millennium BC by Persian School")
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