To @V_and_A, there to visit its show on Epic Iran with - who else? - @aa51_ansari
5,000 years old, & eerie as hell: the cap with ibex horns & the wings of the bird of prey draped over his shoulders hint at a being who is himself part animal & bird #EpicIran
Three absolute babes from mid-2nd century BC Susa #EpicIran
Here we go! #EpicIran
Is it not passing brave to be a king? #EpicIran
Parthian cat #EpicIran
The face of Sasanian power (mid-5th century)
Wonderfully sassy Sasanian dancing girl
‘Gabriel presents the Prophet to the Archangel Azrael’ (1465-66)
Illustration from Herat, in what is now Afghanistan
Look at this absolute lad!
Iranian portrait of a European giving his dog some wine (1672)
Fath Ali Shah, wearing a spectacularly heavy crown that harks back to Sasanian tradition. The gems were among the multitudes of precious stones (including the Koh-i-Noor) looted from Delhi in 1739 by Nadir Shah.
He may or may not feature in tomorrow’s live @TheRestHistory
‘This will also pass’: a bronze thorn branch forms the phrase from Rumi #EpicIran
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