Largest Collection of Sasanian-era Persian Silvers is in Russia

The Hermitage State Museum in Saint Petersburg holds the largest collection of Sasanian-era Persian silvers. According to Encyclopedia Iranica: "Most of these vessels come from chance finds and hoards discovered in the Kama and Ob’ basins from the 1780s." 

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"Musician & Dancer" from Qajar Persia | 18th-century Tile

This unique tile was made in Tehran in the Qajar era (1796-1925); when the city became the capital of Persia/Iran.

The 18th-century tile is now kept at the Art Institute of Chicago. The museum holds a large collection of Persian art in its Asian Gallery, including the carpets, coins, tiles, paintings, etc.

According to the Encyclopaedia Iranica "The Qajar period is now increasingly recognized as a time of significant change in Persian society. Perhaps the most obvious influence was the impact of Western ideas and technology, which accompanied the diplomats, military and technical advisers, merchants, travelers, and missionaries who flocked into 19th-century Persia."

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Removing the name PERSIAN GULF from Berlin's Islamic Art Museum map!

Recently the Islamic Art Museum in Berlin has organized an exhibition entitled "Ctesiphon". The exhibition displays the objects which have been found in this ancient Persian city by the American and German archaeologists in 1931.
The organizers of Ctesiphon exhibition has installed a big map at the museum which shows the West Asia. In the map the name of all seas and waterways are written except for the Persian Gulf.

A museum is considered as a neutral and academic organization but it seems Berlin's Islamic Art Museum is just going to please Arab countries; maybe because of its financial ties with them.
Also at the end of the Ctesiphon Exhibition there is a sign in English and Arabic!
It seems Berlin's Islamic Art Museum does not know the language of Persian Empire and Ctesiphon was Persian, not Arabic.

Parts of the exhibition can be watched in this video. The objects are quite unique. If you visit Berlin do not miss this exhibition. It is on Pergamonmuseum at the Museum Island of German capital.

More information about the exhibition: PERGAMON MUSEUM website

Tagh-e Bostan during Nowruz Vacation | March 2014

This year, Tagh-e Bostan - again - was one of the attractions of Persian new year vacation.

This cite has been constructed in Sassanid Era (226 to 650 AD) and it's considered as a sample of Persian art in that time.

Sassanids was the last dynasty of Persia (Iran) before the Arab invasion in 7th century AD to brought Islam to Persia.

Photos have been taken by Samir Dolati.

Fascinations of Persia : an Exhibition in Zürich

Rietberg Museum in Zürich, Switzerland, has organized an exhibition called "Fascinations of Persia" which presents unique works of Persian art, mostly from 17th century. 
The exhibition also explores the artistic exchanges of Persia (Iran) and European countries during Safavid era, when Persian-European ties hugely developed for a short time.
Read more here.

Persian Fritware from 13th-Century AD

This artistic work has been created in Persia in 13th-century; when the country was ruled by Seljuq dynasty.

was a Turkish Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually adopted Persian culture and contributed to the Turko-Persian tradition in the medieval West and Central Asia.

This work is now kept at the Museum of The Hague City Hall.

Persian Ballet Dancers, Tehran, 1975

(Left to Right): Hayedeh Changizian and Jamshid Saghabashi, two of greatest Persian ballet dancers in Tehran.
In the above photo which was published in the Persian-language weekly "Kayhan Havai", they are rehearsing for "Bijan & Manijeh";  a ballet by Hossein Delhavi which was ready to perform at Roudaki Hall (Tehran Opera and Ballet House) in October 1975.
Dehlavi has composed this work inspired by Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (National Epic of Persia). The piece was later performed by Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Christian David.