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Location

Iran (Islamic Republic of), Tehran
geo:35.740856,51.446186

Classification

museum

Identifiers

Tehran, Reza Abbasi Museum

data access 20164

Museum with a splendid collection of fine art from the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, Sasanian, and Islamic age.

http://www.rezaabbasimuseum.ir/

Nearby sites

Qeytariyeh graveyard
Extensive late Bronze Age and early iron age graveyard to the east/southeast of the present-day Qeytariyeh Park.
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Jamārān
Tehran, Carpet Museum
Tehran, Carpet Museum
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Tehran
Tehran, Glassware Museum
Collection of ceramics and glass, including ancient pottery.
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Tehran
Tehran, Islamic Museum
Tehran, Islamic Museum
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Tehran

Achaemenid gold plate

Jiroft, Weight with an abstract decoration

Gilan Area, Rhyton in the form of an ibex

Achaemenid amphora

Achaemenid gold armlet

Achaemenid gold armlet

Achamenid gold beaker, with decoration of a bull

Achamenid gold beaker, with decoration of a lioness

Achamenid gold beaker, with decoration of a lion

Achaemenid relief of a lapislazuli, with decoration of a bull

Achaemenid head of an ibex

Achaemenid jug

Achaemenid vessel in the form of a lion

Achaemenid lionhead, made of carnelian

Achaemenid plate with inscription

Achaemenid gold plate, with decoration of a lion

Achaemenid gold plate, with decoration of two lions

Achaemenid pomegranate, made of gold

Achaemenid gold rhyton

Achaemenid rhyton

Gilan Area, Silver beaker with a unicorn

Grey pottery

Luristan, plate with floral decoration

Parthian comb

Parthian necklace

Sasanian ewer

Head of a Sasanian king, made of lapislazuli

Head of a Sasanian king

Sasanian plate of gilded silver with decoration of a peacock

Sasanian silver plate with mythological bird (Simurgh?)

Sasanian silver vase

Sasanian silver vase

Sasanian silver vase

Sasanian silver vase

Seleucoparthian figurine of a woman

Seleucoparthian figurine of a woman

Seleucoparthian (?) head of a woman (possibly third century CE??)

Urartian helmet

Ziwiye, Achaemenid column-shaped decoration

Ziwiye, Achaemenid plaque of a royal warrior

Ziwiye, Achaemenid plaques of a royal warrior

Ziwiye, Achaemenid relief of two ibexes

Ziwiye, Relief of two ibexes, part of a bath

Ziwiye, Decorated part of a bath

Marlik, Beaker, with decoration of a stag and a sacred tree

Marlik, Beaker, with decoration of two rows of deer

Marlik, Stag-shaped rhyton

Luristan, Bronze idol

Luristan, Bronze votive

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Creators: Entry created by Jona Lendering (2015-03-04) , last updated by Voorburg, R.J.J. (2022-11-25), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/20164
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Suggested citation: Lendering, J. and Voorburg, R.J.J., Tehran, Reza Abbasi Museum. https://vici.org/vici/20164, accessed 2026-11-10.