As Sasanian culture spread abroad, the imagery and style of Sasanian art left a legacy discernible in the art of early medieval Europe, western Central Asia, and China that endured after the fall of the Sasanian dynasty in the mid-seventh century and the growth of Islam.
Central Asia resulted in Hephthalite Huns creating an extensive empire centered on Afghanistan
Sculptors did not model their images on living beings: whether the subject was a god or a mortal, the artist strove to convey a stylized ideal.
half of the 8th–early 9th century Linga with Face of Shiva (Ekamukhalinga) Afghanistan
The Department of Ancient West Asian Art aims to care for, promote, and provide access to ancient West Asian art in New York and around the world.
2015 past The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia June 20–August 4, 2013 past Afghanistan
Explore The Met’s excavations at Nishapur, a city in northeastern Iran. Related material is on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in galleries 452 and 453.
Western edge of Khurasan, the region encompassing today’s eastern Iran, western Afghanistan
In addition to being a great work of literature, in fact, the poem can also be considered a successful example of “mirror for princes,” a popular genre in the medieval and early modern Islamic world intended for the education and edification of rulers.
998–1030), who had succeeded in gaining power over eastern Iran and modern-day Afghanistan
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Continuing eastward from Parthia to what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
incredibly rare and coveted, and was mined primarily in the Kokcha River valley in Afghanistan
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
incredibly rare and coveted, and was mined primarily in the Kokcha River valley in Afghanistan
For centuries, art and Buddhism have traveled together. Take a trip across time and space to explore the rich tradition of devotional Buddhist art.
five galleries for Asian art, which include masterpieces from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
were areas along the Oxus and Murghab rivers in modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan
