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Going Green
Folio from a Khamsa by Nizami, Bahram Gur in the turquoise-blue pavilion on Wednesday; Safavid Iran, 1548, F1908.275 Those fine folks at Pantone, “the world’s experts on color,” have selected the color...
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Stars above Pasargadae: Ernst Herzfeld and the Legacies of Cyrus
One of the palaces at Pasargadae, photo by Alex Nagel Alex Nagel, assistant curator of ancient Near Eastern art at Freer|Sackler, is the in-house cocurator of the exhibition The Cyrus Cylinder and...
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Friday Fave: Silver Rosewater Bottle
Silver rosewater bottle; Iran, Buyid period (932–1062); silver gilt; Purchase; F1950.5 Growing up as an Iranian-American, I could always find a container of rosewater in my family’s kitchen. I never...
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Reseeing Iran: Our 20th Iranian Film Festival
The President screens Sunday, January 17, 4 pm, at the National Gallery of Art. The new year is upon us, and with the Freer now closed for renovation, our film program has made its temporary move to...
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