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Homage to Leger
By Jean Kellogg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Persian miniatures, ancient Chinese masters, the French romantic painters and the American artist, Albert
Category

1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Apprentice’s Container with Orchids and Droopy", Freestanding Sculpture, Vessel
By Roxana Azar and Alex Kovacs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
fiction, Persian miniatures, and the Memphis Group. Their new work includes holographic vases, furniture
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic Polymer

Ritual Vessel of Futures with Flame, Kilim Adornment, and Greenhouse
By Roxana Azar and Alex Kovacs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
artifacts influenced by science fiction, Persian miniatures, and the Memphis Group. Their new work includes
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic Polymer

"Urn of Defeat with Smoke and Circle", Graphic Sculpture Translucent, Reflective
By Roxana Azar and Alex Kovacs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
fiction, Persian miniatures, and the Memphis Group. Their new work includes holographic vases, furniture
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic Polymer

"Ritual Vessel of Pasts with Pomegranate, Sunrise, Tree Aloe", Abstract Colorful
By Roxana Azar and Alex Kovacs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
influenced by science fiction, Persian miniatures, and the Memphis Group. Their new work includes holographic
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic Polymer

"Sailing After the Storm" by George Nemethy
Located in Wiscasset, ME
century artist he was greatly inspired when he was young by Persian miniatures. Out of this fondness and
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20th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Paint

"An Afternoon Sail" Painting by George Nemethy
Located in Wiscasset, ME
young by Persian miniatures. Out of this fondness and extensive studying of these models, a devotion to
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Late 20th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Paint

Erte " Amazon "
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Imperial Fleet, he was raised amidst Russia’s social elite. As a young boy, the Persian miniatures he found
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1980s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Erte " Hunting "
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Imperial Fleet, he was raised amidst Russia’s social elite. As a young boy, the Persian miniatures he found
Category

1980s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Abstract Verdigris Jerusalem Sculpture Moshe Castel
By Moshe Castel
Located in Surfside, FL
depicted the lives of Sephardic Jews in the Holy Land, revealing the influence of Persian miniatures. From
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Bronze

Antique Indo Persian Mughal Architectural Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Indo Persian Mughal Art miniature gouache painting on antique manuscript leaf depicting
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Antique Late 18th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paint

Antique Indo Persian Mughal Painting W Manuscript
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Indo Persian Mughal Art miniature gouache painting on antique manuscript leaf depicting
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Antique 18th Century Iraqi Paintings

Materials

Paint

Antique Indo Persian Mughal Painting W Manuscript
Located in Long Island City, NY
A miniature Indo Persian Mughal Art watercolor painting on antique manuscript leaf depicting a
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paint

Antique Mini Persian Mughal Painting W Manuscript
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique miniature Indo Persian Mughal Art gouache painting on antique manuscript leaf depicting
Category

Antique 18th Century Iraqi Paintings

Materials

Paint

Vintage Persian Rug Charm of 14k Gold
Located in Lewisburg, PA
Vivid and whimsical, this vintage charm (circa 1930s) is designed as a miniature Persian rug
Category

Vintage 1930s Charm Bracelets

Materials

14k Gold, Enamel

Original Art Deco gouache on paper fashion design by Russian, French artist Erte
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
, they were astounded by the results. He was also fascinated by the Persian miniatures he found in his
Category

20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Pencil

Etude 4 - abstract calligraphy ink drawing / painting on paper, in black white
By Nazanin Moghbeli
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Nazanin Moghbeli is an Iranian-American artist with training in Persian calligraphy, miniature
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite

Persian Miniature - Original Mixed Media - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Persian Miniature is original panting artwork, in mixed media: tempera, China ink, gouache, and
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Early 1800s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Ink, Tempera, Gouache

Persian Miniature Manuscript, Safavid Era, Gold Highlights, ca.1720
Located in Langweer, NL
A manuscript page containing Persian miniature painting, surrounded by script. This artwork is
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Antique Early 18th Century Persian Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Persian Miniature - Original Miniature Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Persian Miniature is an original colored miniature realized by an anonymous manufacturer in the
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint

Vintage Persian Miniature Framed Hand Painted Polo Players Horses on Bone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Persian Miniature Framed Hand Painted Polo Players & Horses on Bone. Circa Mid 20th Century
Category

Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Picture Frames

Materials

Bone, Glass, Wood

Persian Miniature Painting of a Polo Match, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A private form of painting that emerged in Persia during the 13th century, Persian miniatures were
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Indian Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Ancient Persian Miniature: The Beauty of Youth - Probably 18/19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Persian miniature: The Beauty of Youth is a unique piece, double-sided: on the recto a marvelous
Category

18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Ancient Persian Miniature: Suffer for Love - Probably 18/19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 16 x 9.8 cm. This Persian Miniature: Suffer from Love is a unique precious
Category

18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Collection Of Four Framed Indian And Persian Miniature Paintings
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A colorful and varied collection of Indian miniatures with one possibly a Persian piece. Collection
Category

Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

19th Century Persian Miniature Painting of a Seated Prince with Falcon
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful Persian painting from the 19th century. This painting depicts a prince seated alongside
Category

Antique 19th Century Persian Paintings

Materials

Ink

Vintage Pictorial Persian Isfahan Rug
Located in New York, NY
In the Persian miniature style, a musician, dancer and gentleman at leisure relax in the rich red
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Vintage 1960s Persian Tribal Persian Rugs

Materials

Wool

"Praying Man" Early 20th Century Miniature Persian Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
In recent years, Persian miniature paintings, like this one, have increasingly become appreciated
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Indo Persian 19th Century Indian Mughal Scene Miniature Painting
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
After a 19th century Indo Persian miniature scene painting in a micro mosaic inlaid wood marquetry
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Vintage 1950s Indian Agra Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Framed Middle Eastern Miniature Painting on Shell
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Eastern Persian miniature painting on shell. Scene of men riding horses, and dancers, very fine and
Category

Mid-20th Century Asian Moorish Paintings and Screens

Materials

Shell

Nice Framed Pair Vintage Indo Persian Mughal style paintings Interior Design
Located in London, GB
Fine Indo Persian Mughal style Gouache Paintings of hunting scenes A Pair of Persian miniature
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Platters and Serveware

Materials

Paper

Persian Hunting Outing Manuscript Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
conquests, Persian miniatures were often kept in books or albums and served to illustrate the accompanying
Category

Early 20th Century Persian Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Hermès Porcelain "Cheval d Orient" Small Charge Tray, France, Modern
By Hermès
Located in Cagliari, IT
Persian miniatures, with forms inspired by elements of horse harnesses: Cheval d’Orient recalls the silk
Category

2010s French Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Hermès Porcelain "Cheval d Orient" Small Charge Tray, France, Modern
By Hermès
Located in Cagliari, IT
Persian miniatures, with forms inspired by elements of horse harnesses: Cheval d’Orient recalls the silk
Category

2010s French Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Hermès Porcelain "Cheval d Orient" Small Charge Tray, France, Modern
By Hermès
Located in Cagliari, IT
Persian miniatures, with forms inspired by elements of horse harnesses: Cheval d’Orient recalls the silk
Category

2010s French Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Hermès Porcelain "Cheval d Orient" Coffee Cups and Saucer for Two, France
By Hermès
Located in Cagliari, IT
Persian miniatures, with forms inspired by elements of horse harnesses: Cheval d’Orient recalls the Silk
Category

2010s French Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Persian Illuminated Miniature with Two Figures Hunting in a Landscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
miniature is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Hermes Tray Cheval D Orient Porcelain Small Model
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Guaranteed authentic Hermes Cheval D'Orient small model porcelain tray. Pays tribute to Persian
Category

2010s French For The Desk

Persian Illuminated Miniature with Six Figures Playing Polo in a Landscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
standards with a 100% rag silk-lined mat in a gold gilded frame A Persian miniature is a small Persian
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Tempera

Persian Illuminated Miniature with Three Figures Playing Polo in a Landscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
miniature is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Tempera, Laid Paper

Framed Persian Painting of Lovers by Sadegh Tabrizi
By Sadegh Tabrizi
Located in San Francisco, CA
formal conventions of the past. In this painting, lovers, a traditional Persian subject, are
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Vintage 1970s Persian Other Paintings and Screens

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood

Antique Persian Qajar Pottery Figure Statue Rostam Shahmaneh Ferdowsi Islamic
Located in Portland, OR
frequently represented in Persian miniature paintings but this is a very rare & important antique museum
Category

Antique Early 1800s Persian Islamic Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pottery

"Damas", mixed technique on canvas
Located in Barbizon, FR
future. Fascinated by Persian miniatures, Arabic calligraphy, but also by tribal art and contemporary
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"Steps Vase", Colorful Geometric Translucent and Reflective Vase
By Roxana Azar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
influenced by science fiction, Persian miniatures, and the Memphis Group. Their new work includes holographic
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

Greenhouse Composition Series 3 (unframed)
By Roxana Azar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
artifacts influenced by science fiction, Persian miniatures, and the Memphis Group. Their new work includes
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital

Eye 2
By Roxana Azar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
science fiction, Persian miniatures, and the Memphis Group. Their new work includes holographic vases
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Digital, Lucite, Pigment

Urn of Triumph with Persian Rose, Monstera adansonii, and Adorning Links
By Roxana Azar and Alex Kovacs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
influenced by science fiction, Persian miniatures, and the Memphis Group. Their new work includes holographic
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic Polymer

Illuminated Persian Manuscript Miniature with Shahnameh Scene
Located in Astoria, NY
Illuminated framed Persian hand painted manuscript miniature depicting a scene from the epic poem
Category

Antique 19th Century Drawings

Materials

Paper

"Yogini and the Mynah Bird", oil, acrylic, painting, hand, pink, gold, turquoise
By Anne Sargent Walker
Located in Franklin, MA
a graphite hand holding a black Mynah bird was modeled on a Persian miniature of a Yogini princess
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Floral printed, Holographic, Suncatcher vase
By Roxana Azar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
artifacts influenced by science fiction, Persian miniatures, and the Memphis Group. Their new work includes
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Lucite

Moorish Round Brass Pill Box with Miniature Persian Painting
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage round brass pill box with lid shell inlaid and miniature hand-painted with Persian polo
Category

Mid-20th Century Asian Moorish Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Persian Illuminated Miniature Painting of War Scenery
Located in Delray Beach, FL
This folio page contains a fine miniature painting on paper of four warriors riding on horses in a
Category

Antique 19th Century Persian Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

"Mtn Vase", Abstract Sculpture, Vase, Vessel, Translucent, Colorful, Reflective
By Roxana Azar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
artifacts influenced by science fiction, Persian miniatures, and the Memphis Group. Their new work includes
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

17th Century Folio of Indian Persian Mughal School Miniature Painting.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th Century Folio of Indian Persian Mughal School Miniature Painting. Exceptional and lavishly
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Antique 17th Century Indian Other Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Manor Shadian (Iran / California) Modernist Abstract Oil Painting 21st C.
By Manor Shadian
Located in San Francisco, CA
young boy of 11 or 12 he began to paint Persian miniatures, using only one or two hairs of a paintbrush
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Indo Persian Mughal Miniature Painting Portrait of Prince Salim Jahangir
Located in Greenwich, CT
A miniature Indo Persian Mughal Gouache painting on antique manuscript depicting Prince Salim
Category

19th Century Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Pair of Miniature Persian Paintings from the Estate of Bunny Mellon
Located in Hudson, NY
This pair of paintings set down in oil washes on large bone panels show figures on horse back and in procession all within landscape settings. The painting is well done and in an ant...
Category

Mid-20th Century Asian Paintings

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Persian Miniature For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the persian miniature you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many contemporary, abstract and Old Masters versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for a persian miniature from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a persian miniature to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, brown, black, blue and more. Creating a persian miniature has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Roxana Azar, Laurel Bustamante, Virginia Dehn, George Nemethy and Terry Furchgott are consistently popular. Frequently made by artists working in paint, pigment print and lucite, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. A large persian miniature can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller persian miniature, measuring 0.1875 high and 2 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Persian Miniature?

The price for a persian miniature in our collection starts at $60 and tops out at $80,000 with the average selling for $1,350.
Questions About Persian Miniature
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    Miniature painting was started in India by the Palas of Bengal, who are considered the pioneers of the art form. Indian miniatures are small, detailed paintings that can be traced back to the 9th century. Shop a collection of miniature paintings from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.