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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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Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 33 — China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 33

October 10, 2026Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 12 — China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 12

October 10, 2026A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night — Gujarati

A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

October 10, 2026Bedspread — India, Goa

Bedspread

October 10, 2026Ascetic Princess with Snakes in a Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala — Anonymous, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner

Ascetic Princess with Snakes in a Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala

October 10, 2026Rama and Lakshmana slay the demon giant Viradha, from Chapters 2 through 4 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey) — Anonymous, Rajput Kingdom of Datia

Rama and Lakshmana slay the demon giant Viradha, from Chapters 2 through 4 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

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

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

October 10, 2026Noblewoman at a Jharokha Window Holding a Rose, from a Portraits of Women series — Anonymous, Rajput Kingdom of Sawar

Noblewoman at a Jharokha Window Holding a Rose, from a Portraits of Women series

October 10, 2026Part of a sari — Anonymous, 18th-19th century

Part of a sari

October 10, 2026Battle between monkeys and demons, from the “Shangri” Ramayana — Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Battle between monkeys and demons, from the “Shangri” Ramayana

October 10, 2026

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