A 6th-7thC silk textile woven in Japan & imitating a Persian original, from the 8thC Shōsōin Depository, Nara, Japan http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp206_sasanian_persia.pdf …pic.twitter.com/ubl3cNtBtJ
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Coin of Boran, c.630, 1st woman to rule the Sasanian Empire—latest Sasanian coins in S. China belong to her reign: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3345960&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/w5t7jCVBkF
A 5th–7thC AD 'Jatim' bead made in Jawa Timur/East Java from a mixture of Byzantine & Sasanian glass; image via https://www.academia.edu/22146727/A_study_of_mid-first_millennium_CE_Southeast_Asian_specialized_glass_beadmaking_traditions_Lankton_et_al_2008_ISEA_ …pic.twitter.com/qkPsPSMcNw
Sasanian dish depicting Bahram V hunting with Azadeh, late 6th/early 7th century; found in Russia in 1927: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shmsasanian.html …pic.twitter.com/Bx7M6dsQun
'Ancient glassware travelled the Silk Road'—new paper on Sasanian & Roman glass in 5th-century AD Japan :) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X17305825 …pic.twitter.com/VEgiChb8Ue
'Some Sassanian silver coins discovered at Axiopolis (Cernavoda, Constanta County, Romania)' — https://www.academia.edu/3783871/Sassanian_silver_coins_from_Axiopolis …pic.twitter.com/sJQB9TYfrR
An early 'Jatim' bead of c. AD 400, made in Jawa Timur/East Java out of Sasanian glass & found in Korea. Image via https://www.academia.edu/22146727/A_study_of_mid-first_millennium_CE_Southeast_Asian_specialized_glass_beadmaking_traditions_Lankton_et_al_2008_ISEA_ …pic.twitter.com/Rt2c3ZCRS0
A probably Sasanian intaglio set in a ring discovered in an early Anglo-Saxon grave at Alfriston, Sussex.pic.twitter.com/57iYeE7dEW
A late 6th-/7th-century Sasanian lobed dish found at Mala Pereshchepina, Ukraine, in 1912 along with other Sasanian metalwork: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shmsasanian.html …pic.twitter.com/n0l3TuhB2B
A piece of silk used to cover the inner faces of doors of the gold altar of 835 at Sant'Ambrogio, Milan; the rider has been identified with the Sasanian ruler Bahram V: http://artquill.blogspot.com/2014/01/timelines-of-fabrics-dyes-and-other.html …pic.twitter.com/ACF9hWf26L
Battle scene featuring a Sasanian king from a fragment of a pair of trousers; 5th/6th century AD, found Antinoe, Egypt: http://artquill.blogspot.com/2014/01/timelines-of-fabrics-dyes-and-other.html …pic.twitter.com/6A0MPa09qb
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