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I was particularly fascinated by the Persian exhibit rooms, having realised that never before had I been aware there were so many Persian artifacts in display.
Velvet fragment with silver threads from Yazd- Safavid period,mid 16th century.
Silk fragment from Kashan in Persia - Safavid period (ca. 1600)
Silk velvet - Persia - 16th century.
Silk velvet - Persia - Safavid period - 16th century.
Silk velvet - Yazd, Persia - Safavid period - 18th century.
Stonepaste under the glaze painted bowls - Kashan, Persia - from the Ilkanid period - 13th and14th century.
Wool pile Esfahan type carpet - Central Persia - Safavid period - 16th-17th century.
Stonepaste painted over the glaze bowls - Iran - late 12th and early 13th century - Seljuk period.
Sonepaste overglazed painted in lustre bottle and jug dating back to the Seljuk period - second half of the 12th century, early 13th century . Kashan, Iran.
Stonepaste painted over the glaze and gilded jar and bowls dating back to the Seljuk or Ilkanid periods - 13th century Iran.
Stonepaste, moulded and painted under and over the glaze with lustre decoration prayer niche - Kashan, Iran - Ilkanid period - late 13th century, early 14th century.
Sultanabad potery bowl decorated with birds - 14th century Mongol Ilkanid period - Kashan, Iran
Wool pile sickle leaves carpet - Kirman, Persia - 16th-17th century.
Stonepaste, painted and glazed in cuerda seca technique star-shaped tile - Timurid period - first half of the Timurid period (left);Stonepaste, moulded and painted over the glaze in lustre two border tiles with an inscription and birds - Kashan (right).
Stonepaste, pierced and painted over the glaze bowl with sun, bottles and waterpipe for tobacco dating back to the Safavid period (late 17th century, early 18th century
Opaque watercolour on paper - copied in Iran -1842.
Enameled gold back of a mirror depicting a princely youth drinking wine in a garden - Iran - late 18th century, early 19th century.
Enamelled gold bases for coffee cups - Iran, ca. 1850.
(To be continued)
