http://www.islamicpersia.org/2012/12/crown-prince-…  Painting Qajar period, Persia Date: late 19th century Materials and technique: oil on canvas. Size: 110 x 83 cm. Kept in Golestan Palace, Tehran,

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/11/lovers-da… This particular painting is a rare example of erotic art in Safavid period in which the woman is pictured in a more exposed fashion

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/10/an-erotic… This mirror case is of rectangular form with removable cover, decorated in polychrome and gilt with a spray of roses to the reverse, a

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/10/coffee-ho… Painting Qajar Era, Iran Style: Coffee-House Artist: Hossein Gholer Aghasi Coffee-House Painting is a form of Narrative Painting and Painting Recitation which originated in Iran

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/10/girl-with… The Georgian National Museum is a museum network in Georgia that brings together several leading museums from various parts of the country. There were

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-qajar-p…  This image was taken from a Sotheby’s catalog and was enhanced by Adobe Photoshop. It is most likely part of a larger Qajar era

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/10/fethaly-c… This is clearly a portrait of Fath Ali Shah of Qajar, which is seen seated on a throne, wearing a crown, jewelled clothing and

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/10/four-erot… Illustration Painting. Origin: India Materials and Techniques: Gouache Size: 16.5 x 10 cm Sold on online auction.

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/10/two-lover… Miniature Painting. Two Lovers, Safavid Period, Isfahan, Iran Date: 1630 AD Artist: Riza Abbasi (ca. 1565–1635) Materials and Techniques: Tempera and gilt paint on

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/10/roundel-w… Textile. Safavid Dynasty, Persia. Date: 1525 – 1550 AD. Medium or Technique: Silk and metal-wrapped silk; cut-and-voided velvet, brocaded. Kept in Museum of Fine

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/10/gold-coin… On the coin, there is uniformed bust of the Shah wearing a hat with an aigrette and abundantly festooned with Orders and Decorations. On

Persian was the official language of the Mughal court; as a result, the script on this painting is written in Persian. The erotic theme of

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/09/qajar-ill… This artwork seems to belong to either later Qajar period or early Pahlavi period. These illustrations were not originally part the Persian visual arts.

  به نظر میرسد که این تابلو رنگ روغن  در زمان محمد شاه قاجار کشیده شده است با توجه به لباس بانوی قاجاری که فرمی

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/09/blog-post… heavily armed Uzbek warrior with a very finely painted face kneels upon a medallion carpet wearing a robe with short sleeves and an adorned

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/09/persian-m… Painting Iran. Qajar Dynasty. Circa 1815/1816.  Provenance: 1928. Materials and technique: Oil on canvas. 203 x 415 cm.

http://safavidpersia.blogspot.com/2012/09/naeir-al-din-shah-on-horseback.html  Drawing. Materials and technique: Watercolor, white, lead pencil and gold paint on yellow paper. Size: 23.5 x2 1.2 cm. Hungary-Russia, 1873. Artist: Mihaly Zichy.

http://theancientpersia.blogspot.com/2012/09/colorful-sassanian-vase-with-fresco.html Unveiled woman on a Sassanian painted clay vase. Probably 5th century AD.National Museum of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat. This colorful vase perhaps tells a story of the

http://theancientpersia.blogspot.com/2012/09/fertility-goddesses-from-elam.html They have elaborate headdress and costume. Each fertility goddess is holding bare breasts in cupped hands. Sizes vary from 5 and 1/2 inches to

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/09/p-of-bey…. The subject of this painting is Mohammed Reza Beg, or according to French sources Méhémet Riza Beg, the Persian Ambassador Extraordinary to France, during

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/09/qajar-ero… Again, in this erotic painting, you see that the artist has depicted two lovers on a patterned carpet next to a large pillow. The

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/09/qajar-pri… This footage is part of a documentary film about the Russian Empire. In this episode, you can see a Qajar delegation sent to St.

http://muslimpersia.blogspot.com/2012/09/qajar-or-safavid-homosexual-painting.html  They have been painted in an archaizing Safavid style. Qajar artists often associated erotica and homoerotic scenes with the Safavid period. The gold-painted accents,

Safavid silk jacket. Silk jacket, Safavid Period, 16th century A.D.,Persia Kept in The Armoury (Oruzheynaya Palata), Russia. A caftan (from Persian خفتان xaftân) is a

http://www.thepersia.com/2012/08/two-men-engaged-in-sexual-activity-19th.html  Taverns were closely associated with homosexual activities in 19th century Iran. Many of these taverns employed young boys as cup bearers and entertainers. This drawing probably