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Simple...expensive...creative 

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والس تاجیکی (Valse Tajiki)  by massoud shaari

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Approximately 1,200 knives. By Farhad Moshiri.

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2800 Year old Kiss found in Hasanlu, Iran ‘The Lovers’ from 1972 season at Hasanlu Hasanlu is an archaeological excavation site in Iran, Western Azerbaijan, Solduz Valley. Theses skeletons were found in a Bin with no objects. The only feature is a stone slab under the head of the skeleton on the left hand side (SK335). Penn Museum Image

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Sorapot a simple, modern teapot by Joey Roth 

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Mesmerizing Interiors of Iran's Islamic period architecture captured in Photographs by Mohammad Domiri

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The "Upon Teapot" by Nikolo Kerimov

The main idea behind Upon-tea pot was to make/transform preparing and serving tea primarily to a visual experience. Inspiration was also sought from the origins of tea – the mountain landscapes where clouds almost seem like made of tea/rain tea. Upon also beautifully refracts light between the three different materials.

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吟壇贈答追長慶

Yín tán zèngdá zhuī zhǎngqìng 

Poets exchange verses, seeking lasting celebration.

شاعران وزن را جابه جا می کنند در جستجوی یافتن شادی ابدی 

華謝壺觴繼永和

Huá xiè hú shāng jì yǒnghé

Even as the flowers wither, ewers and wine goblets extend eternal harmony.

به همان سان که گلهای پژمرده‌، کوزه و جام شراب نظم بی‌ پایان ابدی را می‌‌گسترانند 

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The photographic early works of cult film director Stanley Kubrick are on show in the Bank Austria Kunstforum.

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statues-and-monuments Persepolis by lcecco  Persepolis, Iran

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Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999)

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"Ci wara" headdresses from Mali are among the most widely known and admired of all African art forms and their characteristic elegant abstraction is valued both in Bamana society and the West. The term "ci wara" encompasses several distinct but related performative genres. Among the Bamana, the invention of agriculture and the understanding of earth, animals, and plants were at one time attributed to a mythical culture hero named Ci Wara. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, this knowledge was shared among members of a men's agricultural association, also called "ci wara". Ceremonial dances performed by "ci wara" members celebrate the skills of successful farmers as well as the benevolence of Ci Wara's gift of agriculture to humanity. The outstanding feature of "ci wara" dances was the performance of a pair of gracefully designed, sculpted headdresses in the form of antelopes.

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HUNPING(魂瓶)

The purpose of a hunping is somewhat enigmatic, but archaeologists suggest that they may have been used as containers for fruit accompanying the deceased into the afterlife.

This magnificent example with olive-green celadon glaze covering the body possesses an extraordinarily rich assortment of modeled figures and architecture in a well-proportioned, tiered arrangement. Of particular interest is the row of Buddhas sitting in meditative postures on lion thrones with lotus petals around the waist of the vessel. These are among the earliest Buddhist images known in China.

photo:http://www.metmuseum.org/

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Square Word Calligraphy

Xu Bing (born 1955)

In the early 1990s, Xu began to develop a system for writing English called “square word calligraphy,” which organizes the letters of each English word into structures that resemble Chinese characters. One consequence of his project is that non-Chinese speakers can understand how Chinese characters are similarly composed of discrete phonetic and lexigraphic components.

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It's long but interesting and worth watching.

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Qajar portraiture

The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925. 

advent of Islam in 641 A.D., the figural tradition continued in small-scale book illustration, metalwork,and ceramics.During the Qajar regime, a long dormant tradition of figural wall painting reemerged. Iran's interaction with the West also intensified,and Qajar painting was reinvigorated by European painting conventions.The major themes of Qajar painting-royalty, women, and religious subjects-vividly reflect the critical political and social changes that occurred during the era.

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From the cultural treasures of Iran to guided safaris in Zimbabwe, travel industry leaders pick this year’s top destinations