"Persia: Fragments Of Paradise"

A view of the ruins of Persepolis in Iran (Fars)

Rhyton in the form of a mountain goat, first millennium B.C., Ziwiye, Kurdish region (photo by Mauricio Marat/INAH)

Gold cup with protruding winged bulls, c. 1,000 B.C., Marlik, Gilan Province (photo by Mauricio Marat/INAH)

Bowl with a bull's head handle and spout, 6th century B.C., Luristan Province (photo by Mauricio Marat/INAH)

Rhyton, undated, perhaps Achaemenid (photo by Mauricio Marat/INAH)

Dish with serpents and eagle, third millennium BC, Jiroft, Kerman (photo by Mauricio Marat/INAH)

Seals, undated, perhaps Achaemenid (photo by Mauricio Marat/INAH)

Seals, undated, perhaps Achaemenid (photo by Mauricio Marat/INAH)

Eagle devouring a hare, 6th century B.C., Kalmakare, Luristan Province (photo by Mauricio Marat/INAH)