Specialist
Arda Arslan
Arda Arslan writes for the Miniature Painting department at Matchless Pieces, covering the history, makers and collecting of miniature painting.
Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat album
October 10, 2026
Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
October 10, 2026
The Thousand Buddha Hall and the Pagoda of the “Cloudy Cliff” Monastery, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
October 10, 2026
A Woman Plucks Leaves While Awaiting Her Lover: Gunakali Ragini of Malkos, from the “Chawand Ragamala”
October 10, 2026
The prince, with the help of Mukhlis who changes into a frog, recovers the ring lost in the sea, and returns it to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
October 10, 2026
The parrot laughs on hearing the Raja of Ujjain’s wife admire her beauty in a mirror, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Forty-sixth Night
October 10, 2026
The dervish brings in as dowry an elephant laden with gold, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
October 10, 2026
Divine couple seated in a lotus blossom
October 10, 2026
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eleventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
October 10, 2026