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Coat3295/10

Long open-front coat. Red striped silk with light blue and off-white cross-hatched lining. Panels of embroidered strips extend down the front on both sides of opening, and on the underside of the cuffs. The opening, collar, and cuffs are embroidered with yellow, black and white flowers. The front is decorated with metal drops (possibly pounded coins?), as well as Pahlavi Dynasty coins and Islamic Republic of Iran coins. The latter have amber-like decorations on the obverse side of each coin.

Culture
Iranian ?
Material
silk fibre, metal, amber stone ? and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Qur'an3039/1 a-b

Book of the Qur’an, inscribed in naskh script inside the cover. The first few pages are highly coloured and decorative. Most other pages of script are bordered by a simple band of gold and blue, with most of the script in black and red ink. Chapter headers are painted with brightly coloured decorative bands. The cover has a flowered pattern painted(?) onto the outside; a flower patterned paper adhered to the inside covers. Pages are loosely bound with string, currently only attached in one place to the cover. (Part b is a soft fabric cover that is sewn in the shape of an envelope; in storage.)

Culture
Persian
Material
ink, paint, gold metal, paper, leather skin and silk fibre
Made in
Iran
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Manuscript2988/1

Qur'an leaf, in Kufic script on vellum. The script is in dark brown ink on parchment, with seven lines per page. The vocalization is rendered in red dots, and single verse divisions are marked with triangular clusters of six gold discs. Fifth verse divisions are marked with a solidly coloured Kufic letter ha in gold (representing the number 5 in the abjad system), outlined in black. Tenth verse divisions are marked with an illuminated cusped roundel formed by interlacing gold and white bands decorated with elegant scrolls and dots containing the exact verse count – in this case thalathun (thirty) – on gold Kufic script on a reserved central space.

Culture
Western Asia ?
Made in
Iran ?; Iraq ? or Syria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile2885/1 i

One tile from a set of nine square tiles that fit together to make a larger (72 x 72 cm) square design. This tile is from the bottom row, left corner. It contains four multi-coloured fish in the green border, then a blue triangle with a multi-coloured flower inside it, a strand of multi-coloured flowers to the right of the triangle and some vertical grey Hebrew script at the right edge.

Culture
Iranian ?
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile2885/1 h

One tile from a set of nine square tiles that fit together to make a larger (72 x 72 cm) square design. This tile is from the middle column at the bottom. It contains three multi-coloured fish in the green border, four wheat sheaths with crossed stems, and with a flower between them, and a pair of feet and a portion of a green robe above that. Some grey Hebrew script is visible at the left and right sides.

Culture
Iranian ?
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile2885/1 f

One tile from a set of nine square tiles that fit together to make a larger (72 x 72 cm) square design. This is the centre row tile of the left side column. It contains two multi-coloured fish in the green border, a strand of multi-coloured flowers to the left of that, and vertical grey Hebrew script to the left of the flowers.

Culture
Iranian ?
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile2885/1 e

One tile from a set of nine square tiles that fit together to make a larger (72 x 72 cm) square design. This is the centre tile, which contains most of the body of a male, standing with one arm raised and the other holding a tablet with writing. The man has long hair and a beard and is wearing a green robe with a brown striped robe underneath. Some edges of the Hebrew script can be seen in the two upper corners.

Culture
Iranian ?
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile2885/1 d

One tile from a set of nine square tilesthat fit together to make a larger (72 x 72 cm) square design. This tile is from the right side column, centre row. It has two and a half multi-coloured fish in the green border, a strand of multi-coloured flowers to the right of the flowers, and a vertical line of grey Hebrew script to the right of that.

Culture
Iranian ?
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile2885/1 b

One tile from a set of nine square tiles that fit together to make a larger (72 x 72 cm) square design. This tile is the top centre and shows two and a half multi-coloured fish in the green background at the top, a band of multi-coloured flowers directly below the border, and an arched band of grey Hebrew script below the flowers. At the bottom edge is a small portion of the fingers of a hand.

Culture
Iranian ?
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile2885/1 a

One tile from a set of nine that fit together to make a larger (72 x 72 cm) square design. This tile is the top right corner which depicts four fish in the green background, a multi-coloured flower in a blue triangle, a strand of multi-coloured flowers and a small amount of grey Hebrew script in the lower left corner.

Culture
Iranian ?
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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