@natasianart writes "This sixteenth-century painting was inspired by the snowy winters in Iran.

As if glancing out a window, we see swirling clouds, gently falling snowflakes, and accumulating snowdrifts covering a desolate landscape. In… http://dlvr.it/TQNnR3 #PersianArt #SmithsonianAsianArt

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Funerary mask. Egypt. New Kingdom (c. 1539 – 1190 BC). Wood (sycamore) and glass.

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