Asiatic Cheetah at the Tomb of Cyrus
Materials
Fine Art Prints
Premium archival matte fine art paper, 200–230 gsm. Smooth, bright white surface with an instant-dry coating that resists fingerprints and smudging. Printed with archival inks for accurate color and high-contrast reproduction. FSC-certified sustainable paper.
Framed Prints
Solid wood frame, roughly 0.875″ wide, available in light, black, or white. Protected by shatterproof optical-grade acrylic — lighter and safer than glass, and it ships without risk of breakage. Dry-mounted to foam core with a kraft paper dust cover and hanging wire installed, ready to hang out of the box.
Production
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An Asiatic cheetah at full extension across the Fars plain, running toward the stepped tomb of Cyrus the Great at Pasargadae. Fewer than a few dozen of these cats survive in the wild, all of them in Iran — on the same ground the tomb has stood on for twenty-five centuries.
The composition is stripped to essentials: a low terracotta sun, a hard horizon, two silhouettes at opposite ends of the frame. The cheetah's shadow stretches back across the sand and does all the work of distance.
- The cheetah mid-stride, spotted coat and ringed tail in warm apricot and black
- The Tomb of Cyrus in silhouette — stepped stone tiers beneath a gabled chamber
- A burnt-orange desert sun held against a dusty blue sky
- A long cast shadow anchoring the run to the ground
- A flat mid-century palette of terracotta, cream and slate blue
Perfect for
- Modern, minimalist interiors with an earth-toned palette
- Persian heritage gifts and the Iranian diaspora
- Supporters of wildlife conservation
- Anyone drawn to Pasargadae, Shiraz and the Fars landscape