5 Poisonous Creatures: these are the centipede, the lizard, the scorpion, the toad and the viper or snake. To ward off their evil influences, their images were embroidered onto clothing, perhaps paradoxically - but not so if you understand the workings of magic.

Almost sunshine

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The path to the Lamp starts with a fountain and is lined with fierce protective animals and guardian spirits as well as jewel-encrusted trees. The fruit of those trees are real gemstones and there are sacks of gold and treasure deeper in the cave, as well as a pyramid or two

Adobe magic

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The Magician’s Workshop is where he plays his alchemical games. Here are his various bottles, flasks, jars and an alembic. The cauldron bubbles with who-knows-what crafty spell and we glimpse a table for sand divination too, a globe and an armillary sphere too

Cold night

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Aladdin’s humble origins are in his mother’s house. She spins for a living. Despite its modesty there is still beauty in their abode: look at the latticework on the floor above and in the tiles on the floor below. Those tiles - they are Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis tiles

Carpets and shadows

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Chinese brackets or dougong - Chinese ‘muqarnas’ - are the Wings of the Sultan’s Palace. This is an ingenious way of supporting the ceiling by beams and columns, all without the use of nails.

Pink isthmus

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Pagodas and pavilions (亭 ting) in Chinese paintings signify the small human presence in the vast landscape. They also serve as rest points for your eyes, and reassurance that there will be somewhere to stop in the wilderness and that you’re not alone in the wild

The Palace of 2am in the morning

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In the spring light - the Court of Gayumars shines in the afternoon. 90.5% done! Just got the rocks the foliage the animals the people to finish off. I know that includes pretty much the entire painting 🙄 but still, it’s the tiny details that make it a miniature. #gettingthere

Friday night

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Books and scrolls of course represent knowledge, learning, erudition, education and wisdom.

Bow and arrow - this signifies hunting and by extension (masculine) power and authority as well as the birth of a son.

Brooms sweep away dirt so are lucky

Hot spring

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Knots were so common and so important in daily life that men would carry a knot-loosener around with them on their waist sash. There are multiple Chinese knots. I did a whole series of Chinese knots, here: vaishaliprazmari.com/marginartworks

A slice of carpet

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The Book of Useful Animals
inspired by a medieval Islamic bestiary (not many, this is perhaps the most famous one)
I made my spring rabbits pink and purple
I also made the book (with Patrik Prazmari)

...and have you ever seen a panther that is pink? Think!

Pink palace

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