Antique Persian Mirror With Painted Scenes From an Imaginary Harem

Mirror
Era: Qajar or Pahlavi Period
Date: 19th or 20th century
Size: Height 43 cm, Width 22 cm
Sold online at Philip Garrick Antiques
Source: [1]

آینه دوره قاجار با زنان عریان - حراجی فیلیپ گریک

This is a rare and unusual wall mirror, beautifully hand painted with calligraphy and scenes of Persian life on the two doors in front of the mirror. When the doors are opened to reveal the mirror, some erotic scenes from an imaginary harem can be viewed on the inside section of the each door.

Young Couple

Painting
Qajar or Pahlavi Era, Iran
20th century
Materials and technique: oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 20 x 20 cm
Collections of Olga Davidson
Source: [1]

نقاشی زوج جوان - کلکسیون اولگا دیویدسون

This painting depicts a couple. The digital archive (Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran) at Harvard University does not provide any in depth information about this painting. The man's turban is similar to that of Zand period. My assumption is that this work was created in early Pahlavi era. One interesting observation about the female figure is that she doesn't have a unibrow like traditional Qajar paintings!

Queen Elizabeth II in Iran

Stamp
Pahlavi Era, Iran
Date: 1961
Source: [1]

Commemorative stamps celebrating the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II of England to Iran.

Few Stamps of Pahlavi Dynasty

Stamps
Pahlavi Era, Iran
Date: Early 20th century.
Source: unknown.

These are few selected stamps of Pahlavi Dynasty, which show the second king of this dynasty from childhood to early years of his reign.

Gold Coin of Reza Shah. (1/2 Pahlavi)

Gold Coin
Pahlavi Dynasty, Iran
Date: 1936
Owner: sold on an online auction
Source: [1]

Persian Couple Engaged in Coitus, Next to an Older Man

Painting
Couple engaged in coitus, next to an older man Undated
Materials and technique: paint on paper.
source: Kinsey Institute Gallery [1], [2]

نقاشی اروتیک اواخر دوره قاجار و یا اوایل دوره پهلوی گالری دانشگاه ایندیانا - بنیاد کنزی

Even though the lovers in this painting are dressed in a Safavid style, this painting was perhaps done in late Qajar or early Pahlavi period. To this day, the influence of Safavid art is strong on Persian miniature. A Persian miniature is a small painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts. Although there is an equally well-established Persian tradition of wall-painting, the survival rate and state of preservation of miniatures is better, and miniatures are much the best-known form of Persian painting in the West, and many of the most important examples are in Western, or Turkish, museums. Miniature painting became a significant Persian genre in the 13th century, receiving Chinese influence after the Mongol conquests, and the highest point in the tradition was reached in the 15th and 16th centuries. The tradition continued, under some Western influence, after this, and has many modern exponents. The Persian miniature was the dominant influence on other Islamic miniature traditions, principally the Ottoman miniature in Turkey, and the Mughal miniature in the Indian sub-continent. - Wikipedia

Iranian Man and Woman Engaged in Coitus on a Swing

Painting
Era: Possibly late Qajar or Early Pahlavi Period, Iran
Date: Early 20th century
Materials and technique: paint on paper.
Kept in Kinsey Institute Gallery
source: [1]

نقاشی اروتیک اواخر دوره قاجار و یا اوایل دوره پهلوی - قرن ۲۰ میلادی - گالری دانشگاه ایندیانا - بنیاد کنزی

Even though the lovers in this painting are dressed in a Safavid style, this painting was perhaps done in late Qajar or early Pahlavi period. To this day, the influence of Safavid art is strong on Persian miniature. A Persian miniature is a small painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts. Although there is an equally well-established Persian tradition of wall-painting, the survival rate and state of preservation of miniatures is better, and miniatures are much the best-known form of Persian painting in the West, and many of the most important examples are in Western, or Turkish, museums. Miniature painting became a significant Persian genre in the 13th century, receiving Chinese influence after the Mongol conquests, and the highest point in the tradition was reached in the 15th and 16th centuries. The tradition continued, under some Western influence, after this, and has many modern exponents. The Persian miniature was the dominant influence on other Islamic miniature traditions, principally the Ottoman miniature in Turkey, and the Mughal miniature in the Indian sub-continent. -Wikipedia

To learn more about Qajar paintings study this book. [2]

A Block Printed and Painted Cotton Panel (Kalamkar or Qalamkar)

Textile,
Pahlavi Era, Iran
Date: 1930s
Sold at Bonham's auction
Source: [1]

The design on such fabrics are created by printing them using a big wooden tools that function like a seal or stamp. They are usually used as Tablecloths. The inscriptions include various verses in Persian in praise of the Pahlavi dynasty. The rays point to the nine mottoes of Reza Shah as well as the globe, Iran being marked.