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İpek Arslan

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

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Sir Thomas More — Hans Holbein the Younger

Sir Thomas More

October 10, 2026Miniature Jar — Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

Miniature Jar

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

October 10, 2026Maharaja Anup Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1669–98) Receives a Courtier — Ruknuddin

Maharaja Anup Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1669–98) Receives a Courtier

October 10, 2026The parrot brings a fruit from the Tree of Life to the king of Syria, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night — Lalu

The parrot brings a fruit from the Tree of Life to the king of Syria, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night

October 10, 2026Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Boy Tending a Water Buffalo — Osman Hamdi Bey

Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Boy Tending a Water Buffalo

October 10, 2026Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto); Calligraphy (verso) — India, Mughal, 17th century

Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

October 10, 2026The lion, suspecting treachery on the part of the monkey, slays him and flees, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The lion, suspecting treachery on the part of the monkey, slays him and flees, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night

October 10, 2026Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto) — India, Mughal, 17th century

Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto)

October 10, 2026Women worshiping a Shiva linga: Devagandhari Ragini of Hindol Raga, from a Ragamala — Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Women worshiping a Shiva linga: Devagandhari Ragini of Hindol Raga, from a Ragamala

October 10, 2026

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