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INDIA, MUGHAL, 17TH CENTURY
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A Double-sided Miniature: Shah Jahan on a Horse
India, Mughal, 17th Century
Gouache and gold on paper; depicting the nimbated Shah Jahan riding with lance raised, with angels above and a city in the distance, with gold and blue borders bearing gold scrollwork; the reverse with a nimbated young prince seated on a rocky outcrop holding a falcon and facing his attendant, surrounded by a gold border with nastaliq calligraphy in cartouches and salmon colored border with gold scrollwork; mounted on an album page decorated with flowers on both sides, the reverse bearing a circular stamp with nastaliq inscriptions at upper left corner of album page
Folio: 15 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (38.4 x 26.4 cm.); image: 10 7/16 x 7 5/16 in. (26.5 x 18.5 cm.)
India, Mughal, 17th Century
Gouache and gold on paper; depicting the nimbated Shah Jahan riding with lance raised, with angels above and a city in the distance, with gold and blue borders bearing gold scrollwork; the reverse with a nimbated young prince seated on a rocky outcrop holding a falcon and facing his attendant, surrounded by a gold border with nastaliq calligraphy in cartouches and salmon colored border with gold scrollwork; mounted on an album page decorated with flowers on both sides, the reverse bearing a circular stamp with nastaliq inscriptions at upper left corner of album page
Folio: 15 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (38.4 x 26.4 cm.); image: 10 7/16 x 7 5/16 in. (26.5 x 18.5 cm.)