Persian miniature

Artwork miniature painted on handmade silk paper with acrylic warecolor watercolor tempera

The Persian miniature is a small paper painting from Persia (modern-day Iran) – usually meant to be kept within an album called muraqqa – that reached its peak between 13th and 16th cen…

Period - Modern Persian Miniature Gouache and gold on cardboard Author: Profesor A. Faghihi, with signature Can be painted larger or smaller

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Harry Potter in #hogwarts Persian Miniature style

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Hana Shahnavaz A Spark in the Emerald Forest, 2019 2019 Hand-made paint, 24 ct gold, diamond dust on hand-made paper 144 x 92 cm 56 3/4 x 36 1/4 in

This painting is attributable to the late Zand or early Qajar period (twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE or thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE). This is an album, in the form of an accordion book, of Persian and Indian calligraphy and miniatures, as well as two European prints, assembled in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. It contains fourteen illustrations, two of which are ascribed to Bihzād (fol. 2b) and Riz̤ā Muṣavvir (fol. 6a). There are also bird and flower paintings…