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MAKE A MEME View Large Image Iranian - Pair of Door Panels - Walters 67634.jpg These doors are decorated with ornamental floral and figural motifs that recall 17th-century Safavid-period designs; however these were painted by Iranian artists more than 200 years later ...

Iranian - Pair of Door Panels - Walters 67634.jpg These doors are decorated with ornamental floral and figural motifs that recall 17th-century Safavid-period designs; however these were painted by Iranian artists more than 200 years later ...

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Keywords: Iranian - Pair of Door Panels - Walters 67634.jpg These doors are decorated with ornamental floral and figural motifs that recall 17th-century Safavid-period designs; however these were painted by Iranian artists more than 200 years later The motifs include men and women from the court banquet and hunting scenes animals in combat and fantastic creatures; some are placed in medallions to give them prominence One of the male figures in the lower left border of the right door is dressed in Portuguese clothing demonstrating Iran's contact with Western cultures in the 17th century between 1850 1910 lacquered and painted wood cm 189 9 91 5 9 accession number 67 634 36351 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Iran Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Wooden doors in Iran