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Emre Aslan

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

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

Shell of the Locust from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji

October 10, 2026Lovers on a Terrace: Ramakali Ragini of Hindol, from a Bundi Ragamala — Anonymous, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi

Lovers on a Terrace: Ramakali Ragini of Hindol, from a Bundi Ragamala

October 10, 2026Taurus, from a "Mandi Astrology Series" — Sanju

Taurus, from a “Mandi Astrology Series”

October 10, 2026The daughter-in-law returns from her misadventure, feigning insanity, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The daughter-in-law returns from her misadventure, feigning insanity, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night

October 10, 2026The disguised Arab, substituting for Habbaza, is whipped by her husband for refusing a bowl of milk, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The disguised Arab, substituting for Habbaza, is whipped by her husband for refusing a bowl of milk, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night

October 10, 2026The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-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 thirty-sixth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

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

The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night

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

The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fifty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-first Night

October 10, 2026Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

October 10, 2026Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 38 — China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 38

October 10, 2026

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