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Brass bowl, 19th century, Iran
Metalworking art of the Qajar period (1789-1925) © 2026 Shiraz Art Museum. Iranian metalworking is an ancient tradition and a major modern industrial sector, renowned historically for luxury artistic crafts like Qalamzani (engraving) and Toreutics (embossing), and today supported by rich underground mineral resources including iron ore, copper, lead, and zinc. Traditional Art and…