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Persian art has a documented history stretching back to around 5000 BCE, when painted pottery was produced near Susa. The earliest surviving rock reliefs in Iran are those of the mountain kingdom of Lullubi, dated to around 2300 BC and located in Kermanshah province. Nearly two thousand ceramic vessels from early Susa were recovered and most are now housed in the Louvre.
Luristan bronzes are small cast objects decorated with bronze sculptures from the Early Iron Age, found in large numbers in Lorestān Province and Kermanshah in west-central Iran. They date roughly between 1000 and 650 BC and include ornaments, weapons, horse-fittings, and vessels. They represent the art of a nomadic or semi-nomadic people and are notable for their flat, openwork design and distinctive animal imagery, including the recurring Master of Animals motif.
The Behistun relief was made around 500 BC for Darius the Great and is carved on a grand scale into a cliff face in Iran, proclaiming the power of the Achaemenid Empire. It is exceptional among Persian rock reliefs for carrying a large inscription that repeats its text in three languages using cuneiform script: Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian. This inscription played an important role in the modern understanding of these ancient languages.
Persian art survived the Muslim conquest, which was complete by 654, largely intact in its cultural identity. Arab conquerors gave up attempts to impose Arabic as a spoken language, and Sasanian visual traditions, including mounted heroes and hunting scenes, continued in pottery and metalwork. The art adapted by incorporating geometric and calligraphic decoration, and Nishapur emerged as a major center of Islamic-era ceramic production during the 9th and 10th centuries.
The most celebrated individual Persian carpets from the Safavid court manufactories of 16th-century Isfahan include the Ardabil Carpet, now divided between collections in London and Los Angeles, and the Coronation Carpet, now in Copenhagen. The oldest carpet with a plausible Persian origin is the Pazyryk Carpet. In 2010, the traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fārs and Kashan were inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.
Shah Tahmasp I reigned from 1524 to 1576 and initially funded the royal workshop responsible for several of the most magnificent Persian manuscripts. After growing troubled by religious scruples, he issued an Edict of Sincere Repentance in 1556 attempting to outlaw miniature painting, music, and other arts. This forced many painters, including Abd al-Samad and Mir Sayyid Ali, to relocate to the Mughal court in India, where they founded the Mughal miniature tradition.