A Rock-Cut Panel from the Viar (Dash Kassan) Complex
Was Viar a Buddhist temple or an Islamic monument? This talk explores how dragon reliefs and Islamic motifs at the unfinished Dash Kasan complex reveal the eclectic religious and artistic climate of the Ilkhanate.
Figure 1. Rock-cut panel on the western façade with a relief-carved dragon design, Viar (Dash Kassan) complex, near Sultaniyya, Iran. Late thirteenth century. Photograph: Atri Hatef Naiemi.
Figure 2. General view of the rock-cut complex in Viar. Photograph: Atri Hatef Naiemi.
Figure 3. Examples of the marks inscribed on stone blocks. Photograph: Atri Hatef Naiemi.