>in the late 19th century British consul to Iran, John Preece, paid local thieves to dismantle the medieval Ilkhanid-era luster mihrab of the Meydan mosque in Kashan, Iran tile by tile until finally convincing the local mosque caretakers to part with the largest and most important central piece after most of the tiles had been pillaged.>the mihrab subsequently appeared whole with all its mysteriously missing pieces in an exhibition of Preece's collection of Persian art in 1913 and was subsequently sold to the future Pergamon museum in Germany in 1927. Can take a moment to appreciate the fact that Iran (the architectural GOAT of MENA) was not directly colonized by Europeans? The country's mosques, palaces, madrassas, shrines, etc would've been stripped bared of anything valuable and everything shipped to European museums.
>>222401973it's pretty funny honestly
>>222401973>not directly colonized by Europeans*Laughs in Greek
>>222401973They did the same in our cuntt.expert on this subject
>>222403715Yeah sure turdgays museums aren't full of shit stolen from kurds, iraqis, greeks, armenians, russians, egyptians, etc etc.
>>222403715Can you share some examples? >the mihrab, the TOMB and the lower wall band of luster tiles decoration at shrine of 'abd al-samad in natanz, iran were all removed and dismantled the late 19th century with fragments of it later showing up in diverse european collections
>>222401973what are you quoting
>>222404131>the three dimensional mihrab hood (the only know example of this type among lusterware mihrabs) of the natanz shrine is now located in the victoria and albert museum
>>222404500>while the cenotaph marking the tomb of the suhrawardi sufi saint abdul samad isfahani is now located in the MET museum of new york
>>222404177from here:https://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Culture/from_plunder_to_protection_unesco_looting_iranian_heritage.htmhttps://www.academia.edu/35288100/The_Kashan_Mihrab_in_Berlin_a_Historiography_of_Persian_Lustreware
>>222403715>quite literally posting from an occupied country
>>222403715Pls answer
>>222406915Bump
>>222403715Last bump
you should be flattered
>>222412159>*steals your stuff*>you should be flattered bro that's some really good stuff
>>222409125the mix of the chevron floortilse and the arches rly pretty i think
>>222401973The British are pure fucking evil and thievery is in their blood. They couldn't even leave the fucking door behind from their looting of the Assyrian Empire's artifacts
>>222409125Shit lads we left something behindGet Trump to distract them with some more bombs o algo while we go extract our rightful property
>>222412361i always thought the reason why so many buildings in central asia/iran looked dilapidated was simply the passage of time but now i know there was a big trade in persian/islamic art in europe during the 19th/20th century including in ceramic tiles which led to so many of these buildings being despoiled and looking like ruins
>>222412550Those camel jockeys would have wasted that door, bought a lambo for it or some shitDid you see what ISIS did with all those old ruins? They're stone age faggots and plus that whole area belonged to us at the time so we were just relocating our own property from somewhere really inconvenient to one of several very good displays, very central
>>222413735Beautiful
>>222413735The problem with those auctions is they're open to anybody so the sand golliwogs are buying the stuff with their oil money WHICH THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO HAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE and taking it away from where it belongs, making it a huge pain in the ass to complete all our collections later
>>222413755you can make out the impressions of where some of these tiles used to be located it probably looked so beautiful with all the assemblage together but it just looks like a husk now
>>222413813I love the muqarna honeycomb tilings
>>222413870this style first emerged in 10th century Iraq, and spread throughout Iran and Nafristan.
>>222413948all good people in the world love muqarnas although they don't seem that common in south asia until the mughal era
>>222413739Based. You have my full sapport sir
>>222413948That's wonderful.
>>222401973Shitskins don't appreciate their own history, they would've just destroyed it
>>222401973Cultureless people do thatEngland is a nation without history until the middle ages
>>222414204Yeah somehow it stayed there until the british decided to destroy it
>>222413999Taj mahal is nice. Tho pre mughal had some notable constructions
>>222414292Beg your pardon old chap?
>>222414204>they would've just destroyed itwhich is what you caused?? lol>>222414324i know. there are some lodi buildings that replace the usual muqarnas with little gates duplicated next to each other
>>222414687see >>222414621
>>222401973>>222403715That's why the rape gangs are justified
