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The painted wood ceiling is an old art among Tajiks (Persians) in Central Asia and Iran. The masterworks can be seen on beautiful mosques, palaces and other buildings in Khojand, Samarqand, Bukhara, Esfahan, etc.

Ceiling Painting art from N. Tajikistan	Ceiling Painting art from N. Tajikistan	Ceiling Painting art from N. Tajikistan	view  from  a master  work

A view  from  master work	Tajik poetry on the ceiling painting	Tajik poems and scientists on the ceiling paintings	Traditional Tajik Tea house with Ceiling painted roof

Tajik ceiling painting art, a mosque in Kâšqar (Kashgar)	Ceiling painting art from N. Tajikistan	Ceiling painting art from Tajikistan

   

Links: Tajikistan  artists;( in Russian) Firdowsi and His Shahname in Tajik Representational Art Tajik state institute of art International Directory of  Performing Arts Collections    and   Institutions The National  Internet  Award of Tajikistan References: The art of  Soviet Tajikistan Arts and crafts in Tansoxania and Khurasan Ceiling painting art from Xojand (Khojand)

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