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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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Woman Feeding Deer: Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala — Anonymous, Rajput Kingdom of Amber

Woman Feeding Deer: Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala

October 10, 2026Farhad Kills Himself After Hearing the False News of Shirin’s Death — Amar Das Bhatti

Farhad Kills Himself After Hearing the False News of Shirin’s Death

October 10, 2026Prince Mathu Singh of Jatoli on a Blue Horse Riding to Udaipur — Anonymous, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar or Jatoli

Prince Mathu Singh of Jatoli on a Blue Horse Riding to Udaipur

October 10, 2026Landscape with Flying Geese — Ma Lin

Landscape with Flying Geese

October 10, 2026Man Dhata in Yogi Position — India, Pahari, Nurpur, late 17th Century

Man Dhata in Yogi Position

October 10, 2026Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 17 — China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 17

October 10, 2026Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 9 — China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 9

October 10, 2026The third suitor strikes the devotee’s daughter and thus restores her to life, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The third suitor strikes the devotee’s daughter and thus restores her to life, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night

October 10, 2026The merchant of Tirmiz takes the wise parrot and myna to ‘Ubaid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The merchant of Tirmiz takes the wise parrot and myna to ‘Ubaid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night

October 10, 2026The lover’s son makes an elephant of the pastry dough carried by the unfaithful wife and puts it in her basket, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The lover’s son makes an elephant of the pastry dough carried by the unfaithful wife and puts it in her basket, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

October 10, 2026

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