Isfahan

Deux Mystiques s'enivrant, signé Mohammad Yûsuf , Isfahan, milieu du XVIIe siècle. Photo Kapandji Morhange Dessin à l'encre noire et légère polychromie rehaussé d'or sur papier, représentant deux mystiques soufis partageant une coupe de vin dans un paysage.Le premier ivre porte une large ceinture en étoffe jaune, et le second, coiffé d'un bonnet de fourrure, porte un châle dessiné à l'encre rouge sur ses épaules.Le sol est fleuri d'iris, et l'arrière-plan est occupé par un rocher et un arbre feuillu sur fond nuageux.Le dessin... [Lire la suite]

Youth kneeling and holding out a wine-cup, early 17th century, Safavid period. Ink and color wash on paper; H: 14.0 W: 9.2 cm. Isfahan, Iran. Purchase F1928.10 © 2012 Smithsonian Institution

A Seated Youth in Green, ca. 1600-1610. Safavid period. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. H: 34.6 W: 21.9 cm. Isfahan, Iran. Purchase--Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler S1986.306 © 2012 Smithsonian Institution

A pair of Louis XVI ormolu and patinated-bronze three-branch candelabra , circa 1780, attributed to François Rémond, almost certainly supplied by Dominique Daguerre, , the bronzes after the model by Etienne Maurice Falconet. Estimate $80,000 - $120,000. photo Image 2009 Christie's Ltd NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the sale of 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe on November 24, which will include over 450 treasures from the 16th to the 19th centuries. With a range of estimates, the sale offers superb private and... [Lire la suite]

Sample of Persian Calligraphy from a Mughal Album. Calligraphy: Iran, Safavid, 16th century; margins: India, Mughal, 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by anonymous donors and the Helen Babbott Sanders Fund, 1991.185 This installation features approximately twenty-five objects from the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and private collections related to a mystical branch of Islam known as Sufism. While differing Muslim sects and... [Lire la suite]

Detail of Shah' Abbas as depicted on the wall of Chihil Sutun Palace, Isfahan, c. AD 1647. C. The Trustees of The British Museum. Photo: Ebrahim Khadem Bayat. LONDON.- The British Museum just opened the first major exhibition to explore the rule and legacy of Shah 'Abbas, one of the formative figures in the creation of modern Iran. Shah of Iran from 1587 – 1629 AD, he is remembered as one of the country’s most influential kings and a great military leader, ruling Iran at a time of political renewal, when it succeeded in... [Lire la suite]