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Derya Ergin

Derya Ergin writes for the Miniature Painting department at Matchless Pieces, covering the history, makers and collecting of miniature painting.

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Morning Glory from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji — Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Morning Glory from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji

October 10, 2026Latif, who has murdered his brother, falsely accuses Khurshid of the deed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Latif, who has murdered his brother, falsely accuses Khurshid of the deed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night

October 10, 2026The fourth man digs at the spot where he dropped the shell, expecting jewels, but discovering mere iron, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The fourth man digs at the spot where he dropped the shell, expecting jewels, but discovering mere iron, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night

October 10, 2026Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night

October 10, 2026The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

October 10, 2026The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fortieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fortieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

October 10, 2026The Raja’s daughter, born with three breasts, accompanies her blind husband and his hunchback guide on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Raja’s daughter, born with three breasts, accompanies her blind husband and his hunchback guide on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night

October 10, 2026The bird of seven colors brings a sable to the pious man, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The bird of seven colors brings a sable to the pious man, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night

October 10, 2026Portrait of Ivan Grigorevich, Count Chernyshev — Heinrich Friedrich Füger

Portrait of Ivan Grigorevich, Count Chernyshev

October 10, 2026Framed Miniature of Hampton Court — House of Fabergé

Framed Miniature of Hampton Court

October 10, 2026

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