Central Asian Art: Painting & Sculptures

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Painting & Sculptures

Central Asia - May 2026

Snow Leopard at Royal Gate Restaurant, Tosor, Kyrgyzstan. During our Central Asia 2026 Tour, we saw some nice artwork, some of which are presented here. Miniature clay statues and paintings seen at the State Museum of Applied Arts, Tashkent, Uzbekistan:

Wrestlers.
Couple. Why are they facing away from each other?

Trader/Harker.
Horse cart transport.

Kushtak Whistle.

Kushtak Whistle.

Peacock Flask.


Dragon Toy.
The style looks different from Western Dragons or Oriental Dragons. Perhaps this style is an  inspiration for the dragon Mushu, in Walt Disney's Mulan movies.

Courting Couples.


Nobles and Courtiers

The Suzani textile embroidery by Chingiz Akhmarov, seen at Goose Hall (Hookah Room).


Iran king Khosrow looking at Armenian Princess Shirin bathing In a stream from the epic poem Khosrow and Shirin, done Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād Style.
(website link)


Horseback Hunting Deers


Akbar receives Iranian Ambassador Sayyyid Beg - 1562 Painter Lal & Ibrahim.
(website)


Khoja Nasriddin Riding Donkey.


Seated Oriental Princess With Tambourine Daf.


Seated Princess Playing Harp


Hunter Stumped By Playful Deer.


Abu Sufyan With Quraysh Tribe watched by Devil Iblis & Abu Amir al Rahib.


Thinking Persian Men


Musicians playing Karnay Trumpet, Dombra, and Daf.


Musician Picnic.


Mosaic Mural Uzbek Potter & Woodcarver.
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Golden Leopard Statue at Hotel Akmaral in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan.

Central Asia: Artwork Location Map

- Royal Gate Restaurant (Ресторан «Роял Гейт») (GPS: 42.17327, 77.35475) in Tosor, Kyrgyzstan.

- State Museum of Applied Arts (Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Amaliy Sanʼati Muzeyi) (GPS: 41.30102, 69.25939) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

- Hotel Akmaral (Ак-Марал) (GPS: 42.49259, 78.40507) in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan.

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