Persian Zoroastrian Farvahar Plate
Handmade and hand painted Persian Zoroastrian Farvahar ceramic plate inspired by Persian art. 25 cm.
The plate has been glazed in 950 degree and can be hand washed. Do not microwave or use in oven.
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Zoroastrian
Zoroastrianism, or more native Mazdayasna. One of the world’s oldest extant religions. Ascribed to the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster it exalts a deity of wisdom, Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord), as its Supreme Being.
With possible roots dating back to the second millennium BCE. Zoroastrianism enters recorded history in the 5th-century BCE. Along with a Mithraic Median prototype and a Zurvanist Sassanid successor. It served as the state religion of the pre-Islamic Iranian empires for more than a millennium, from around 600 BCE to 650 CE.
