24-year-old Ulmas started painting when he was 10, and studied the art of miniatures at a school in Tashkent.

"The Flight" Miniature

$85.00
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Destination: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

We love the calligraphic nature of this graceful miniature, hand-painted by a young man named Ulmasa, who started his training at the age of ten. There’s a long tradition of miniature-painting in Uzbekistan, where it managed to survive just under the radar of religious authorities, who considered artistic representations of living things sacrilegious.

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Originally used to illustrate classic texts and manuscripts, the art of the miniature was introduced to Central Asia by the Persians. Their somewhat subsidiary status as mere visual accompaniment is perhaps what al... Read More

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8.25 x 11.75"

$85.00
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