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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…
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Persian tapestry, 19th century, Iran
In the 19th century, Iranian art became synonymous with Qajar art, that of the dynasty which ruled Iran for more than 150 years. This period, a true golden age of Iranian art, saw the flourishing of disciplines such as miniature painting, manuscript illumination and ornamentation, large-format oil painting, bookbinding, wood carving, marquetry, and metalwork.…