he Mazdian cult. We find oncertain specimens the serpent ofZoroasters mythology, on others, thepyrees (or sacrificial altars to Fire)and the attendant priests, and theadoration of the mystic tree. And, as though their fantasy werestill unsatisfied, the artists have madea profusion of details from… … SASSANIAN VASE DEPICTING A CAMEL CARAVAN in the yet little known Iranian civilization of thePrinces of Perside, that valiant dynasty precedingArtaxerxes that resisted the terrific onslaughts ofboth the Greek and the Parthian conquests.
Art · Decoration and ornament
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