miniature
n. countablen. a very small copy or model of something. You often see these in museums or as toys that look exactly like real objects but fit in your hand.
n. a representation or model of something that is much smaller than its actual size. Often refers to a small-scale replica or a very small painting, especially a portrait.
He collects miniatures of vintage cars.
The museum features a detailed miniature of the city as it appeared in the eighteenth century.
The artist specialized in miniatures, using a single-hair brush to capture the intricate lace patterns on the subject's collar within a frame no larger than a coin.
Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”).
Often used as a modifier before another noun (e.g., 'miniature painting'), though it functions as a noun when referring to the object itself.