Qajar Dado Tile

A polylobed medallion in the center of this tile holds a bust-length portrait of a painter named Husayn, also known as Ustad Husayn Kashi Saz, a known master tilemaker at the end o...

Production of ceramic tiles and vessels reached a peak under Ottoman court patronage in the sixteenth century. The court studio provided designs to semi-autonomous workshops in Izn...

This hexagonal tile, 9 1/4 inches across, shows a highly developed leaf and tendril decoration on a white slip. The colors, turquoise and dark blue, are characteristic of the earl...

An album leaf, this painting depicts a thatched-roof cottage set in a lush landscape. The cottage sits at the very center of the composition, nestled between a small lake in the fo...

The outer surface of this mirror-case cover features a rose-and- nightingale theme. Here the bulbul appears among flowers—roses and hydrangeas—against a reddish-brown ground enclos...

In this unfinished painting, the sitter kneels within a shallow space and faces the viewer with a penetrating gaze. Although European fashions had entered Persian clothing and fur...

This small box was likely intended to hold snuff. The exterior of the hinged lid is decorated with a scene of two young lovers embracing on a terrace. The foreground holds a sheath...

In the Qajar period (1785-1925), steel with gold overlay was used for both decorative and useful items. Many of the decorative steel items of the Qajar period were sculptural shape...