‘The heavens as they were on April 25, 1384’ by the Persian polymath Mahmud ibn Yahya ibn al-Hasan al-Kashi (completed between 1410-1411)

#PersianArt #PersianAstronomy #AstronomicalChart #TerraCentric

Ibrahim Jabbar-Beik - A banquet of song and dance. Nd. Source: https://magictransistor.tumblr.com/post/172719107951/ibrahim-jabbar-beik-a-banquet-of-song-and-dance #IbrahimJabbarBeik #Isfahan #Iran #Persianart #Iranianart #mastoart #art

#TilesOnTuesday:
Tile with Image of #Phoenix
Iran, probably Takht-i Sulaymän, late 13th c.
Stonepaste; modeled, underglaze painted in blue & turquoise, luster-painted on opaque white ground
Met 12.49.4: https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/446207
"Ilkhanid period artists readily adopted imagery from Chinese iconography...this image of a soaring phoenix with crested head & elaborate trailing plumage exemplifies the adaptation of Chinese imagery by Persian artists."
#PersianArt

For #WorldCamelDay: Composite Camel with Attendant
Iran, Khurasan, c. 1575-1600
opaque watercolor & ink on paper
Met collection: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/447804
#PersianArt #IslamicArt

Esos ritmos persas que invitan a bailar y yo que bailo menos que un árbol 😅 y aún a pesar que no entiendo nada, desde hace muchos años me ha gustado disfrutar de la música persa (persa tayika), los sonidos, los vestidos típicos de la región, todo me parece fascinante 💙

https://youtu.be/X-WhhMHI7q0

#musica #musicaart #music #musick #musicart #musicdon #musicos #persian #persianart #tajik #tajikistan #tajiskistani #tayikistan #tajiks

Made the mistake of pulling up a scan labeled "The Story of the Camel and His Friends" expecting a cute image before remembering things did not end well for the #camel in this particular story😬😭
Free Library of Phiadelphia Lewis P 8, Kalila wa-Dimna leaf, "The Story of the Camel and His Friends" https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_p_008.html
#PersianManuscript #PersianMiniature
#PersianArt
#IslamicArt

For #TilesOnTuesday: “Islamic Wall Tile” (Persian 8-pointed star tile), Iran, Sultanabad, c. 1250-1350; fritware with tin glaze & luster decoration, 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm), on display at @walters_museum.
So who’s that spotted quadruped? 🤔
#PersianArt #IslamicArt