Safavid Period Collection

Dish, Safavid period, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Dish, Safavid period, 17th century

Bowl, Safavid period, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Bowl, Safavid period, 17th century

Bowl, Safavid period, 1650-1700. Creator: Unknown
Bowl, Safavid period, 1650-1700

Bowl, Safavid period, 2nd half of the 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Bowl, Safavid period, 2nd half of the 17th century

Dish, Safavid period, late 17th-early 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Dish, Safavid period, late 17th-early 18th century

Dish, Safavid period, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Dish, Safavid period, 18th century

Plate with low foot, Safavid period, early 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Plate with low foot, Safavid period, early 17th century

Bottle, Safavid period, 17th-18th century. Creator: Unknown
Bottle, Safavid period, 17th-18th century

Bottle, Safavid period, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Bottle, Safavid period, 17th century

Rustams seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124... 1522-1537. Creator
Rustams seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020), 1522-1537

Youth Seated by a Willow; Single Page Illustration, c. 1600-1650. Creator: Muhammad Yusuf
Youth Seated by a Willow; Single Page Illustration, c. 1600-1650. Single polychrome paintings of elegantly clad youth were produced in considerable number during the 1600s

Yusuf and Zulaykha (Recto); Text Page, Persian Verses (verso), c. 1556-65. Creator: Unknown
Yusuf and Zulaykha (Recto); Text Page, Persian Verses (verso), c. 1556-65. The Khamsa, a suite of five poems (khamsa is Arabic for five) written in the twelfth century, was

Yusuf and Zulaykha (recto); Illustration and Text (Persian Verses) in an Anthology with some verses from Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Jami; The Fifth Throne, c. 1556-65

Youth Holding a Pomegranate; Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript, c. 1600-1650
Youth Holding a Pomegranate; Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript, c.1600-1650. This single painting of a youth holding a favored pomegranate reflects the style of the most gifted painter at

The Story of Nushirwan and his Minister, The Third Discourse on Diverse Events
The Story of Nushirwan and his Minister, " The Third Discourse on Diverse Events and Disorder in Life" from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141-1209), 1555-65

Twill weave with falconers amid rose bushes, 1650-1699. Creator: Unknown
Twill weave with falconers amid rose bushes, 1650-1699. Twill-weave fabrics were used to make garments, especially jackets, during the Safavid period

Surround for Turkish Silk Cushion Cover, early 1600s. Creator: Unknown
Surround for Turkish Silk Cushion Cover, early 1600s

Princess with Wine Bottle and Cup (recto), c. 1550-1600. Creator: Unknown
Princess with Wine Bottle and Cup (recto), c. 1550-1600. Single-page depictions of courtly figures became popular in Iran during the 1500s. The subject here conveys Safavid ideals of female beauty

Sketch of a Young Man, single page; Illustration and Text (Persian verses), 1630-1650

Persian Couplets (recto), Calligraphy, Persian Verses; Single Page Manuscript, late 1500s-early 1600s. Under Shah Abbas, the tradition in which painting was employed to illustrate a literary work was

Quran Manuscript Folio (Verso); Right folio of Double-Page Illuminated Frontispiece, 1500s. The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise

Quran Manuscript Folio (verso); Text Page, 1500s. Creator: Unknown
Quran Manuscript Folio (verso); Text Page, 1500s. The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise. Surah XXXIX: 1-3 The Quran is the sacred book of Islam

Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread, 1600-1625. Creator: Unknown
Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread, 1600-1625. Brilliant colours of silk carpet-pile form this rich foliate and floral pattern on (originally shiny) gold- and silver-thread grounds

Quran Manuscript Folio (Recto); Left Folio of Double-Page Illuminated Frontispiece, 1500s. The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise

Quran Manuscript Folio (Recto); Illuminated Page, 1500s. Creator: Unknown
Quran Manuscript Folio (Recto); Illuminated Page, 1500s. The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise. Surah XXXIX: 1-3 The Quran is the sacred book of Islam

Shah Tahmasp I (1514-1576) Seated in a Landscape, c. 1575. Creator: Unknown
Shah Tahmasp I (1514-1576) Seated in a Landscape, c. 1575. Shah Tahmasp I, the second ruler of Irans Safavid dynasty, is shown kneeling pensively on a carpet under a willow on the banks of a stream

Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration, c. 1550-1600. Creator: Muhammadi (Iranian)
Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration, c. 1550-1600

Persian Verses (verso), c. 1450-1500. Creator: Unknown
Persian Verses (verso), c. 1450-1500

Persian verses (recto) from a Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Jami (d. 1492), mid 1500s. A suite of five poems, the Khamsa (khamsa is five in Arabic), written in the 1100s, was

Persian Verse (khamriyya), c. 1509-59. Creator: Unknown
Persian Verse (khamriyya), c. 1509-59

Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises, c. 1509-59. This page contains two quatrains--poems made up of four lines

Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso), c. 1509-50. This page contains two quatrains--poems made up of four lines

Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso), late 1500s-early 1600s. Creator
Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso), late 1500s-early 1600s. Under Shah Abbas, the tradition in which painting was employed to illustrate a literary work was all but abandoned

Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020), c. 1590-1600. This section of the Shah-nama is famous for the clever conversational repartee between Rustam

Illuminated Folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sadi... c. 1475-1500, borders added c
Illuminated Folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sadi (c. 1213-1291), c. 1475-1500, borders added c. 1550. The Gulistan, completed around 1258

Illuminated Folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sadi (c. 1213-1291), c. 1525-30. The Gulistan, completed around 1258, is one of the most celebrated works of Persian literature

Illuminated Folio (verso) from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sadi (c. 1213-1291), c. 1525-30. The Gulistan, completed around 1258, is one of the most celebrated works of Persian literature

Master and Disciple in a Garden Pavillion; Single Page Illustration, c. 1570-1590s

King Luhrasp Ascends the Throne: A Processon Arrives at Court (Recto)... c. 1560s-80s
King Luhrasp Ascends the Throne: A Processon Arrives at Court (Recto); The Story of King Luhrasp (Verso), c. 1560s-80s. This scene of a procession arriving at court was surely completed by the court

Wine bearers in landscape, from a robe, 1525-1550. Creator: Unknown
Wine bearers in landscape, from a robe, 1525-1550. Iran is renowned for representations of large human figures in luxury silks during the Safavid period

Wall Tile, 17th Century. Creator: Unknown
Wall Tile, 17th Century

Rustam meets the challenge of Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020), c. 1590-1600

Floral striped silk on a golden ground, 1600-1650. Creator: Unknown
Floral striped silk on a golden ground, 1600-1650. Twelve jewel-like colours of silk thread illustrate the vivacity of colours extolled in Iranian flowers on gilt- and silvermetal thread grounds

Sleeping Youth (verso), Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript, early 1600s. Creator
Sleeping Youth (verso), Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript, early 1600s. In the late 1500s, a new artistic aesthetic developed under the socially and economically conscious Shah Abbas I

Calligraphy from a Ghazal of Badr al-Din Hilali Jaghata i (Persian, active c. 1500), c. 1550; borders added c. 1700s and mounted upside down

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto)…, 1555-65. Creator: Unknown
Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets], 1555-65

Bahram Gur and Azada, from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), 1500s. This image from an unfinished painting depicts one of the most popular episodes from the life of

Lampas with dancers and musicians, 1600-1650. Creator: Unknown
Lampas with dancers and musicians, 1600-1650. This sturdy silk with extensive silver-metal thread displays a dancer and musicians in varied Iranian and European attire

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