The Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-331 B.C.) represents a brief but glorious period in Persian art history, resplendent with official and private works of architecture, sculpture and wall painting. Achaemenid craftsmen were also rightly renowned for decorative arts such as glass and alabaster vessels, jewelry, ornate arms and weaponry, and wooden and ivory carvings. Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia was a recent special exhibition at London's British Museum and Barcelona's Caixa Forum. Herein lie several more images from that show and another one from the Brooklyn Museum. To read Stan Parchin's review of the British Museum's catalogue (and view another four images), click here.
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