Iran, Isfahan, in the style of the Safavid period
1962.23CCCC0
Iran, Kashan, Safavid period
1944.239CCCC0
Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period
2006.146CCCC0
Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period
2006.146.aCCCC0
Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period
2006.146.bCCCC0
Iran, probably Shiraz, Safavid period
1947.500CCCC0
Iran, probably Shiraz, Safavid period
1947.500.aCCCC0
Iran, probably Shiraz, Safavid period
1947.500.bCCCC0
Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period
1944.487CCCC0
Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period
1944.487.aCCCC0
Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period
1944.487.bCCCC0
style of Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian)
1944.494CCCC0
Iran. Isfahan, Safavid Period, late 16th-early 17th Century
1944.494.aCCCC0
style of Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian)
1944.494.bCCCC0
attributed to Mir Musavvir (Iranian, c. 1510-1555) and 1 other
1988.96CCCC0
attributed to Abd al-Vahhab (Persian, active about 1516) and 1 other
1988.96.aCCCC0
attributed to Mir Musavvir (Iranian, c. 1510-1555)
1988.96.bCCCC0
Iran, Yazd[?], reign of Shah Tahmasp, Safavid period
1948.205CCCC0
Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period
1962.24CCCC0
Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period
1962.24.aCCCC0
Iran, Isfahan or Yazd, Safavid period
1932.42CCCC0
style of Muhammadi (Iranian)
1944.491CCCC0
Iran, Shiraz, Safavid Period, 16th century
1960.199CCCC0
Iran, Shiraz, Safavid Period, 16th century
1960.199.aCCCC0
Iran, Shiraz, Safavid Period, 16th century
1960.199.bCCCC0
Iran, probably Shiraz, Safavid period
2021.237CCCC0
Iran, Shiraz or Mashhad, Safavid period
1947.501CCCC0
Iran, Shiraz or Mashhad, Safavid period
1947.501.aCCCC0
Iran, Shiraz or Mashhad, Safavid period
1947.501.bCCCC0
style of Shaykh Muhammad (Iranian)
1944.489CCCC0
style of Sultan Muhammad (Iranian) and 1 other
2006.148CCCC0
style of Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian)
1947.497CCCC0
Iran, Tabriz or Qazvin, Safavid period
1915.597CCCC0
style of Muhammad Yusuf (Iranian)
1947.499CCCC0
Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period
1939.508CCCC0
Iran, Qazvin or Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722) (recto); Iran, possibly Timurid period (1370-1501)
1947.496CCCC0
Iran, Qazvin or Isfahan, Safavid period
1947.496.aCCCC0
Iran, Qazvin or Isfahan, Safavid Period, 16th Century
1947.496.bCCCC0
Sadiqi Bek (Iranian, 1533-1609)
1988.101CCCC0
Faqir Ali (Persian, active c. 1550–1610)
2013.309.bCCCC0
Afghanistan, Herat or Iran, Qazvin, Timurid period (1370–1501) or Safavid period
1971.305.aCCCC0
iran, Safavid period, late 17th - 18th c.
2007.13.2CCCC0
Iran, Safavid period, late 17th - 18th c.
2007.13.3CCCC0
Iran, Safavid period, late 17th - 18th c.
2007.13.4CCCC0
Iran, Safavid period, late 17th - 18th c.
2007.13.5CCCC0
| Title, Date | Artist / Culture | Accession number | Medium | Dimensions | Credit line | Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period | 1926.533 | Cotton: warp; cotton and silk: wefts; silk: pile, asymmetrical knot; gilt- and silver-metal thread: brocaded | Overall: 236.2 x 143.5 cm (93 x 56 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Safavid period | 1994.1 | Forged steel, cut to shape and pierced | Overall: 27 x 35 cm (10 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Isfahan, in the style of the Safavid period | 1962.23 | Ceramic mosaic | Mihrab: 290.7 x 245.3 cm (114 7/16 x 96 9/16 in.); Frieze: 69.2 x 1563.5 cm (27 1/4 x 615 9/16 in.) | Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period | 1969.291 | Cast brass, turned, engraved, inlaid with black compound (niello) | Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); Diameter of base: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Diameter of rim: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.) | Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Safavid period | 1924.743 | Silk: lampas | Overall: 85.1 x 38.1 cm (33 1/2 x 15 in.); Mounted: 91.4 x 45.7 cm (36 x 18 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Kashan, Safavid period | 1944.239 | Silk: velvet, brocaded, pile-warp substitution; gilt-metal thread | Overall: 79.4 x 66.7 cm (31 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.); Mounted: 89.5 x 74.9 cm (35 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period | 2006.146 | Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper | Gift of William Kelly Simpson in memory of his wife Marilyn M. Simpson and her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. | CCCC0 | |||
Iran, probably Shiraz, Safavid period | 1947.500 | Opaque watercolor, gold, silver, and ink on paper; double-sided | Sheet: 29.6 x 16.2 cm (11 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.); Image: 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Iran, Safavid period | 1953.17 | Lampas, brocaded: silk and silver-metal thread | Overall: 87.7 x 52.1 cm (34 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.); Mounted: 94 x 58.4 cm (37 x 23 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period | 1944.487 | Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper | Sheet: 32.7 x 21.8 cm (12 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.); Image: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.); Text area: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
style of Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian) | 1944.494 | Ink, gold and opaque watercolor on paper | Image: 21 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.); Overall: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.); Text area: 21 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Iran, Safavid period | 1915.594 | Fritware with underglaze design in colored slips, Kubachi ware | Overall: 8.4 x 35.6 cm (3 5/16 x 14 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
Iran, Kashan, Safavid period | 1944.499 | Silk: velvet, pile-warp substitution | Mounted: 44.5 x 26.7 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Iran, Safavid period | 1939.38 | Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas, brocaded | Overall: 55.4 x 28.5 cm (21 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Iran, Safavid period | 1915.582 | Fritware with underglaze design in colored slips, Kubachi ware | Overall: 27 x 10.6 cm (10 5/8 x 4 3/16 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
attributed to Mir Musavvir (Iranian, c. 1510-1555) and 1 other | 1988.96 | Opaque watercolor, ink, gold, and silver on paper | Sheet: 47.5 x 32.2 cm (18 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.); Image: 28.4 x 18.5 cm (11 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | ||
| Iran, Yazd[?], reign of Shah Tahmasp, Safavid period | 1948.205 | Velvet, cut, voided, brocaded, and pile-warp substitution: silk and gilt-metal strips | Overall: 71.1 x 55.6 cm (28 x 21 7/8 in.); Mounted: 81.3 x 66 cm (32 x 26 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period | 1962.24 | Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper | Sheet: 47 x 29.7 cm (18 1/2 x 11 11/16 in.); Image: 43.9 x 26.6 cm (17 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
| Iran, Isfahan or Yazd, Safavid period | 1932.42 | Silk: velvet, brocaded, and pile-warp substitution; gilt- and silver-metal thread | Overall: 157.5 x 72.7 cm (62 x 28 5/8 in.); Mounted: 167.6 x 83.2 cm (66 x 32 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| style of Muhammadi (Iranian) | 1944.491 | Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper | Overall: 28.6 x 19 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Iran, Shiraz, Safavid Period, 16th century | 1960.199 | Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper | Image: 25.4 x 15.7 cm (10 x 6 3/16 in.); Overall: 31 x 20.1 cm (12 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Text area: 21 x 13.5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 5/16 in.) | Gift of John C. Heege | CCCC0 | ||
| Iran, probably Shiraz, Safavid period | 2021.237 | Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper | Gift of Lori H. Luciano in memory of her parents, Nicholas H. and Rhea A. Luciano | CCCC0 | ||
 | Iran, Safavid Period | 1926.22 | Twill weave with supplementary weft, stamped: silk and gilt-metal thread | Overall: 85.7 x 71.1 cm (33 3/4 x 28 in.); Mounted: 92.7 x 78.7 cm (36 1/2 x 31 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Safavid Period | 2003.96 | Samite: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread | Overall: 50.1 x 27.5 cm (19 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
Iran, Shiraz or Mashhad, Safavid period | 1947.501 | Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper | Sheet: 29.8 x 17.3 cm (11 3/4 x 6 13/16 in.); Image: 21.3 x 15.3 cm (8 3/8 x 6 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Iran, Safavid Period | 1915.666 | Lampas: silk and silver-metal thread | Overall: 114.3 x 68.6 cm (45 x 27 in.); Mounted: 123.8 x 77.5 cm (48 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Safavid period | 1949.467 | Silk and silver-metal thread: twill weave with complementary and discontinuous weft | Overall: 47.7 x 48.3 cm (18 3/4 x 19 in.); Mounted: 58.4 x 58.4 cm (23 x 23 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period | 1917.1078 | Opaque watercolor and gold on paper | Sheet: 30 x 21.1 cm (11 13/16 x 8 5/16 in.); Image: 14.3 x 8.9 cm (5 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Safavid period | 1943.91 | Silk and metallic thread: taffeta, brocaded | Overall: 38.1 x 40.6 cm (15 x 16 in.); Mounted: 48.3 x 50.8 cm (19 x 20 in.) | Gift of Mrs. Fred R. White | CCCC0 | |
 | Shafi' Abbasi (Iranian) | 1971.84 | Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper | Sheet: 16.1 x 25 cm (6 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Image: 7.7 x 13.4 cm (3 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
| style of Shaykh Muhammad (Iranian) | 1944.489 | Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper | Image: 21.4 x 28.4 cm (8 7/16 x 11 3/16 in.); Overall: 28.6 x 40.8 cm (11 1/4 x 16 1/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
style of Sultan Muhammad (Iranian) and 1 other | 2006.148 | Opaque watercolor, ink, gold, and silver on paper | Gift of William Kelly Simpson in memory of his wife Marilyn M. Simpson and her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. | CCCC0 | |||
| style of Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian) | 1947.497 | Opaque watercolor and gold on paper | Image: 15.3 x 8 cm (6 x 3 1/8 in.); Overall: 27.7 x 16.4 cm (10 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Tabriz or Qazvin, Safavid period | 1915.597 | Opaque watercolor and gold on paper | Sheet: 32.5 x 21.5 cm (12 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.); Image: 17.4 x 11 cm (6 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
| style of Muhammad Yusuf (Iranian) | 1947.499 | Ink, gold, and colors on paper | Sheet: 33.5 x 21.9 cm (13 3/16 x 8 5/8 in.); Image: 15 x 9.6 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period | 1939.508 | Opaque watercolor and ink on paper | Image: 19.8 x 13.3 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/4 in.); Overall: 21.2 x 13.3 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Iran, Qazvin or Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722) (recto); Iran, possibly Timurid period (1370-1501) | 1947.496 | Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper | Verso image: 11.8 x 5.3 cm (4 5/8 x 2 1/16 in.); Recto Image: 12.2 x 5.7 cm (4 13/16 x 2 1/4 in.); Overall: 37.1 x 24.8 cm (14 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.) | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period | 1925.132 | Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper | Sheet: 34.6 x 22.5 cm (13 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.); Image: 21.2 x 12.5 cm (8 3/8 x 4 15/16 in.) | The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Sadiqi Bek (Iranian, 1533-1609) | 1988.101 | Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper | Sheet: 33.5 x 23.5 cm (13 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.); Image: 33.5 x 23.5 cm (13 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Safavid Period | 1928.651 | Double cloth: silk and silver-metal thread | Overall: 20.6 x 12.1 cm (8 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Mounted: 25.4 x 17.8 cm (10 x 7 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Faqir Ali (Persian, active c. 1550–1610) | 2013.309.b | Ink on paper (verso) | Page: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.) | Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection | CCCC0 | ||
Iran, Safavid period | 1940.689 | Lacquer over papier maché | Overall: 3.6 x 22.3 x 4.2 cm (1 7/16 x 8 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.) | Bequest of James Parmelee | CCCC0 | ||
Iran, Safavid Period | 1924.744 | Taqueté ground with twill pattern, brocaded: silk and gilt-metal thread | Overall: 26 x 46.5 cm (10 1/4 x 18 5/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Afghanistan, Herat or Iran, Qazvin, Timurid period (1370–1501) or Safavid period | 1971.305.a | Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper | Sheet: 31.1 x 15 cm (12 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.); Image: 22.6 x 14.7 cm (8 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald | CCCC0 | ||
 | Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period | 1915.648 | Faience, cuerda seca technique | Overall: 44.5 x 23.5 cm (17 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Safavid period, 17th century | 1984.228 | Compound twill, silk | Overall: 25.6 x 42.3 cm (10 1/16 x 16 5/8 in.) | Anonymous Gift | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Safavid period | 1915.650 | Faience, cuerda seca technique | Overall: 32.3 x 32.3 x 2.8 cm (12 11/16 x 12 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
iran, Safavid period, late 17th - 18th c. | 2007.13.2 | Plain weave with inner warps and with continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in plain and 1/3 Z twill order; silk, silver-metal thread | Overall: 139.7 x 22.9 cm (55 x 9 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Iran, Safavid period, late 17th - 18th c. | 2007.13.3 | Plain weave with inner warps and with continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in plain and 1/3 Z twill order; silk, silver-metal thread | Overall: 140.3 x 21 cm (55 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Iran, Safavid period, late 17th - 18th c. | 2007.13.4 | Plain weave with inner warps and with continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in plain and 1/3 Z twill order; silk, silver-metal thread | Overall: 110.2 x 23.7 cm (43 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Iran, Safavid period, late 17th - 18th c. | 2007.13.5 | Plain weave with inner warps and with continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in plain and 1/3 Z twill order; silk, silver-metal thread | Overall: 109 x 23.3 cm (42 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 |