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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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Şehzade Bayezid (cropped) — Minyatür ustası ve yazar olan Arifi Efendi’ye aittir.

Şehzade Bayezid (cropped)

October 11, 2026Mengli bayezid — Turkish miniature (XVI centure)

Mengli bayezid

October 11, 2026Yavuz Sultan Selim'e Kansu-Gavri'nin kesik basinin getirilmesi — Mehmed Bey

Yavuz Sultan Selim’e Kansu-Gavri’nin kesik basinin getirilmesi

October 11, 2026Matrakçı Nasuh - İstanbul (cropped-Galata) — Matrakçı Nasuh

Matrakçı Nasuh – İstanbul (cropped-Galata)

October 11, 2026Miniature Album with Figures and Landscape (Waterfall Landscape) — Zeng Yandong

Miniature Album with Figures and Landscape (Waterfall Landscape)

October 10, 2026Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot) — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)

October 10, 2026Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

October 10, 2026Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

October 10, 2026Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

October 10, 2026Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

October 10, 2026

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